Hong Kong Leading Case strict liabilitypresumption of mens reahonest and reasonable belief

Hin Lin Yee & Another v HKSAR

(2010) 13 HKCFAR 142; [2010] HKCFA 11

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtCourt of Final Appeal

Year2010

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Sets out the structured framework (a spectrum of possible bases of liability from full mens rea to absolute liability, with intermediate 'halfway house' defences) for construing the mental element of statutory criminal offences.

Area of Law

Criminal Law, Procedure & Evidence

Related Cases

HKSAR v Lo Kin Man (2021) 24 HKCFAR 302; [2021] HKCFA 37

Secretary for Justice v Wong Chi Fung & Others (2018) 21 HKCFAR 35; [2018] HKCFA 4

HKSAR v Ngo Van Nam (and HKSAR v Abdou Maikido Abdoulkarim) [2016] 5 HKLRD 1; CACC 418/2014 (and CACC 327/2015)

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