Parmar v The Queen
Parmar v The Queen (Criminal Appeal No. 182 of 1956) [1956] EACA 23 (1 January 1956)
The court held that although the police officers may have been justified in entering the shop to investigate a suspected offence under the Shop Hours Ordinance, they lacked the requisite authorization from an officer in charge of a police station as required by section 15(2) of the Ordinance. Once the appellant, as the shop owner, requested them to leave, their continued presence rendered them trespassers. Consequently, the sergeant was not acting in the execution of his duty at the time he was pushed out of the shop. Therefore, the appellant could not be convicted of obstructing a police off…
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- Obstruction Of Police
- Execution Of Duty
- Trespass
- Shop Hours Regulation