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Anti-mask law to quell Hong Kong protests ruled unconstitutional by High Court

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Anti-mask law to quell Hong Kong protests ruled unconstitutional by High Court

Group of 25 pan-democrats argued the mask ban contravened the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution

Politics Hong Kong’s mask ban unconstitutional say pan-democrats, as they ask High Court to overturn emergency law

A Hong Kong court has declared the government’s anti-mask law unconstitutional.

High Court judges on Monday found the mask ban introduced under emergency legislation was “incompatible with the Basic Law”, the city’s mini-constitution.

Justices Anderson Chow Ka-ming and Godfrey Lam Wan-ho ruled in favour of the 25 pan-democrats who challenged two laws that brought the ban into affect on October 5.
The high-profile constitutional challenge centred on the colonial-era Emergency Regulations Ordinance and its derivative, the Prohibition On Face Covering Regulation, introduced by the government on the grounds of “public danger” in a bid to quell the wave of protests sparked by the now-withdrawn extradition bill.

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