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R v Sin Yau-ming

[1991] 1 HKPLR 88; [1992] 1 HKCLR 127 (CA)
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtCourt of Appeal of Hong Kong
Year1991
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance is to be given a generous and purposive construction, and any legislative provision infringing a guaranteed right must be justified by the Government as a reasonable limit demonstrably justifiable in a free and democratic society.

Area of Law

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