03/02/2020 HKSAR v. CHAN YAU HEI [2014] HKCFA 18; (2014) 17 HKCFAR 110; [2014] 3 HKC 52; FACC 3/2013 (7 March 2014) Home | Databases | WorldLII | Search | Feedback | Help | Court of Final Appeal You are here: HKLII >> Databases >> Court of Final Appeal >> 2014 >> [2014] HKCFA 18 Database Search | Name Search | Recent Decisions | Noteup | LawCite | MS Word Format | Appeal History | Help HKSAR v. CHAN YAU HEI [2014] HKCFA 18; (2014) 17 HKCFAR 110; [2014] 3 HKC 52; FACC 3/2013 (7 March 2014) Press Summary (English) Press Summary (Chinese) FACC No. 3 of 2013 IN THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION FINAL APPEAL NO. 3 OF 2013 (CRIMINAL) (ON APPEAL FROM HCMA NO. 42 OF 2011) ____________________ BETWEEN HKSAR - and CHAN YAU HEI ( Respondent 陳宥羲) Appellant ____________________ Before: Chief Justice Ma, Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ, Mr Justice Tang PJ, Mr Justice Fok PJ and Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe NPJ Date of Hearing: 21 February 2014 Date of Judgment: 7 March 2014 ____________________ JUDGMENT ____________________ Chief Justice Ma: 1. For the reasons contained in the judgment of Mr Justice Fok PJ, I agree that this appeal should be allowed and the appellant’s conviction quashed. I only emphasise one point. The common law offence of outraging public decency, which has a history going back at least 350 https://www.hklii.hk/eng/hk/cases/hkcfa/2014/18.html 1/17