Kemal Bokhary | |
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包致金 | |
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| Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal | |
| In office 1997–2012 | |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Robert Tang |
| Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Judge of the High Court of Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1989–1993 | |
| Appointed by | Sir David Wilson |
| Justice of the Peace | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1947 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | British[1] |
| Spouse | Verina Bokhary |
| Relations | Amina Mariam Bokhary (niece) |
| Children | 3 daughters |
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Syed Kemal Shah Bokhary GBM JP (Urdu: سید كمال شاه بخاري, Chinese: 包致金; Cantonese Yale: Bāau Jigām; born 25 October 1947) is a judge in Hong Kong. He was one of three Permanent Judges of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal from its inception in 1997 until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in October 2012; afterwards, he remained on the bench as a non-permanent judge.[2]
- ^ Chiu, Austin (6 December 2012). "Liberal judge Bokhary stands by his dissenting views". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
'My nationality is British. That does not make me any less a Hong Kong person,' the Hong Kong-born judge said. ... A British national, Bokhary disagreed with the suggestion that judges of the top court should be Chinese citizens or Hong Kong residents.
- ^ List of Judges and Judicial Officers, Hong Kong Judiciary, 1 January 2010, archived from the original on 23 January 2010, retrieved 27 January 2010