| 单词 | Lawful excuse |
| 释义 | 合法辯解 An excuse ‘supported by law’. A person is permitted to refuse to answer a charge if the person produces an excuse that the law recognises as valid: R v Wuyts [1969] 2 All ER 799, 2 QB 476 (CA). ‘Lawful excuse’ is an expression of wider import than lawful authority: Wong Pooh Yin, alias Kwang Sin, alias Ka Sin v Public Prosecutor [1955] AC 93; The Queen v Leung Wing Cheung [1958] 1 HKLR 49. ‘Lawful excuse’ is not exactly the same as ‘reasonable excuse’. It is not a lawful excuse if a person is ignorant of the law and thinks, albeit on reasonable grounds, that he has a legal right to do what he in fact does not: R v Tsang Chu Lun & Anor [1994] 1 HKC 769 (HC). A defendant has a lawful excuse if, on reasonable grounds, he is honestly mistaken as to a fact: Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council & Anor v Rust [1972] 2 QB 426; The Queen v Li Wing Tat & Ors [1991] 1 HKLR 731 (HC). See also Lawful authority; Licence; Reasonable excuse. 「法律支持的」辯解。如某人能提出法律承認為有效的辯解，他可拒絕就某控罪作出答辯：R v Wuyts [1969] 2 All ER 799, 2 QB 476 （英國上訴法院）。「合法辯解」一詞較合法權限含有更廣泛的意思：Wong Pooh Yin, alias Kwang Sin, alias Ka Sin v Public Prosecutor [1955] AC 93; The Queen v Leung Wing Cheung [1958] 1 HKLR 49。「合法辯解」與「合理辯解」不儘相同。某人對法律無知，作出他以為（雖然有合理理由）他有合法權利作出而他事實上並沒有權利作出的，這不能成為合法辯解：R v Tsang Chu Lun & Anor [1994] 1 HKC 769 （高等法院）。如被告人有合理理由誠實地誤會某事實，他有合法辯解：Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely County Council & Anor v Rust [1972] 2 QB 426; The Queen v Li Wing Tat & Ors [1991] 1 HKLR 731 （高等法院）。另見 Lawful authority; Licence; Reasonable excuse。 |
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