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Leung TC William Roy v Secretary for Justice

[2006] 4 HKLRD 211
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtHK Court of Appeal
Year2006
StatusBinding authority

Summary

The differential age of consent for male homosexual acts was unconstitutional as it violated the equality guarantee under the Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Basic Law.

Key Principle

differential age of consent for homosexual acts was unconstitutional under the equality guarantee

Area of Law

constitutional

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