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2024[edit]
January: | In Hong Kong | that the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance was enacted 2 years before the handover? |
In Malaysia | that Najib Razak was brought down by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, which was established during his administration? | |
In the United Kingdom | that before the Export Control Act 2002, export control measures were enforced through a World-War-II emergency legislation? | |
February: | In Hong Kong | that no one was prosecuted for serious vilification under the Race Discrimination Ordinance since its enactment? |
In Singapore | that the offence of sedition was abolished in 2022 but retained in neighbouring Malaysia? | |
In the United Kingdom | that interference of vehicles is an offence under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981? | |
March: | In Hong Kong | that there is an ordinance to encourage people to apologize for their faults? |
In Singapore | that piranha is banned? | |
In the United Kingdom | that before the enactment of Juries Act 1974, their verdict must be unanimous? | |
April: | In Hong Kong | that the Crown does not mean the Crown the Hong Kong Reunification Ordinance was passed? |
In Singapore | that despite voting is normally mandatory, COVID-19 patients were exempted from voting during the pandemic? | |
In the United Kingdom | that genocide was not made legal (contrary to misinformation) with the repeal of the Genocide Act 1969? |
2023[edit]
September: | Singapore | That Singapore's law on contempt of court was codified in 2016, but still remains strict (or even draconian to some observers)?
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October: | Hong Kong | that during the COVID-19 pandemic, compulsory COVID testing (as authorized by Cap. 599J) was rolled out on almost a daily basis? |
Singapore | that according to the Public Order Act 2009, a single-person demonstration can constitute an "assembly" (and thus subject to police permission)? | |
United Kingdom | that the Human Rights Act 1998, which implements the European Convention on Human Rights, had a provision that was found to violate the Convention? | |
November: | In Hong Kong | that 3 participants are enough to constitute a riot under the Public Order Ordinance? |
In Singapore | that you can be charged under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act 2014 for causing haze in Singapore, irrespective where it was started? | |
In the United Kingdom | that fraudsters need to be dishonest in order to be convicted under an offence the Fraud Act 2006? ↑This looks pretty obvious, but in Hong Kong, to convict someone for fraud doesn't require any proof of dishonesty: see HKSAR v Chan Kam Ching [2022] HKCFA 7, (2022) 25 HKCFAR 48 para. 138. | |
December: | In Hong Kong | that polygamy was allowed among Chinese until the appointed day for the Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970? |
In Singapore | that disturbances caused by unruly neighbours can be brought to tribunals constituted under the Community Disputes Resolution Act 2015? | |
In the United Kingdom | according to the Homicide Act 1957, a botched suicide pact only constitutes manslaughter instead of murder? |