LS22465

Legal Translation
Chan Man Ting, Ting(51498450)
Yeung Shuk Fan, Valerie(5149963
0)
Yuen Sze Pui, Isabella (51441315)
 Rundown
 Case Review

5 Legal Terms
 -Definition
 -Translation
 -Comparison
 Case Review
後梯與女子性交被喝止 地盤工涉戲院胸襲職員
(2008-05-09)
【明報專訊】地盤工人涉嫌在銅鑼灣皇室堡 UA 戲院後
樓梯與南亞裔女子性交，被戲院女助理經理揭發，其間
地盤工疑「聲東擊西」猛力「胸襲」女職員圖助女伴逃
脫。他被控作出有違公德行為及非禮，案件昨日在東區
裁判法院開審。
女職員指不止一次揭發
被告楊顯光（ 51 歲）昨否認控罪。女事主供稱被告並
非首次在該處「打巷戰」，今年 2 月 19 日下午，她接
到同事通報戲院內有異動，故與潘姓副經理分頭巡察，
終在地下後梯聽到呻吟聲，發現被告正與一名戴印度頭
巾、黑膚色女子坐着性交，遂上前喝止並堵住太平門以
防兩人逃脫。
她先警告他們，並着同事報警，數分鐘後被告發難將她
推開，與女伴衝出太平門，其女伴遭事主捉住，被告遂
大力難事主胸部及臀部逾半分鐘，當時她又痛又驚只好 Stevens Yeung
放 手讓兩人逃走，途人聽見她喊非禮，遂擒着奔走中
的被告。惟辯方質疑，女事主可能認錯人，但她堅稱後
樓梯光線充足，清楚記得被告外貌。聆訊本月 16 日續
審。
 5 Legal Terms
 1. Outrage public decency
 2. Indecent assault
 3. Indecent exposure
 4. Common assault
 5. Unlawful sexual act
 Outrage public decency
 Must be done in a place where at least two
members of the public might see it
 Indecent
 Likely to disgust and annoy

 Examples:
 - engaging in or simulating a sexual act
 - publishing outrageously indecent
material etc.
 Translation
 HK
 1. 有違公德行為 (judgment)
 Outrage 有違
 Public decency 公德行為

 2. 破壞公眾體統 (news)
 Outrage  破壞
 Public decency  公眾體統
 Comparison
 有違 : to be against  破壞 : damage
 公德 : public morals  公眾 : public
 行為 : behavior/act  體統 : decorum

More understandable Closer to the English v

Less accurate ersion
 Less understandable

破壞公眾體統
 Indecent Assault
 Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200 s 122)

 the act of taking indecent liberties with a p

erson without his or her consent

(Hong Kong English-Chinese Legal Dictionar

y)
a person who indecently assaults another
person

Offence

imprisonment for 10 years

 Translation
HK: 猥褻侵犯
(Judgment/website of Hong Kong Judiciary)

 CN: 猥褻干犯他人身體 (news)

 TW: 強制猥褻罪 ( 刑法總論 )

 Comparison
 猥褻 obscene; morally offensive

 干犯 to offend/ violate against

 侵犯 infringement

 強制 compulsive

 猥褻干犯他人身體 (CN)
 Indecent exposure
 Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200 s 148)

 Revealing a body to offend against

community standards of decency.

(Hong Kong English-Chinese Legal Dictionary)

Indecently expose any part of one’s body in
any public place or in view of the public
without lawful authority or excuse.

Offence

 a fine of $1000
 imprisonment for 6 months
 Public Place ( 公眾地方 )
1. any place to which for the time being the p
ublic or a section of the public are entitled
or permitted to have access, whether on pa
yment or otherwise

2. a common part of any premises notwithsta

nding that the public or a section of the pub
lic are not entitled or permitted to have acc
ess to that common part or those premises
 Translation
 HK: 猥褻暴露
(Judgment/website of Hong Kong Judiciar
y)

 TW: 公然猥褻 ( 台灣法律大全 )

 Comparison
 猥褻 obscene; morally offensive
 暴露 being made public; reveal
 公然  openly; in public

 猥褻暴露 (HK)
 Differences
Indecent Assault Indecent
Exposure
Physically assaulted Visually assaulted

Heavier penalty Lighter penalty

 Common Assault
 Crimes Ordinance (Cap 212 s 40)

 NO actual physical injury

 intentionally or recklessly applies unlawful for

ce
 a threat of physical harm
 an actual tendency

(Hong Kong English-Chinese Legal Dictionary)

person who is convicted of a common assault

Offence

imprisonment for 1 year

 Translation
 HK: 普通侵犯 / 普通襲擊
(Judgment/website of Hong Kong Judiciary)

 CN: 普通企圖傷害罪 ( 英汉法律辭典 )

 TW: 普通傷害罪 ( 台灣法律大全 )

 Comparison
 普通 : lower degree

 侵犯 : infringe upon/ violate

 襲擊 : to make a surprise attack
 企圖傷害 : have an attempt to harm

 普通企圖傷害罪 (CN)
Indecent assault vs. Common
assault
 Indecent assault  Common assault
 With indecent act  Without indecent
act/intention
 -molestation
 - attack people
 Unlawful sexual act
 Collective noun

 Unlawful

(1) Illegal
(2) contrary to/prohibited by or defiant
of law
 Examples
 Bestiality (Cap 200 s 118L)

 Intercourse with girl under 16

(Cap 200 s 124 )

 Intercourse with mentally incapacitated

person (Cap 200 s 125)
 Our case
 (a) has unlawful sexual intercourse;

 (b)commits buggery or an act of gross

indecency with a person of the opposite
sex with whom that person may not have
lawful sexual intercourse; or

 (c) commits buggery or an act of gross

indecency with a person of the same sex.
 Sexual act vs. Sexual intercourse
 Sexual intercourse ( 性交 )
 genital contact

 Sexual act ( 性行為 )

 Includes: sexual intercourse
buggery
act of gross indecency
 Translation
 HK: 非法性行為 (judgment)

 CN: 非法性行為 (newspaper)

 TW: 性侵害犯罪 ( 全國法規資料庫 )

 Comparison
 非法 : illegal
 犯罪 : commit a crime

 侵害 : infringement
 行為 : behaviour /act

 非法性行為 (HK, CN)