A child’s evidence in criminal proceedings shall be given unsworn and shall be capable of corroborating the evidence, sworn or unsworn, given by any other person. (3) A deposition of a child’s unsworn evidence may be taken for the purposes of criminal proceedings as if that evidence had been given on oath.
8. (1) Notwithstanding aily rule of law, the evidence of a husband or wife shall be admissible in any proceedings to prove that marital intercourse did or did not take place between them at any period. (2) Notwithstanding anything in this section or any rule of law, a husband or wife shall not be cornpellable in any, The Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online is a full-text image database providing access to past revised editions of Hong Kong Laws. The database comprises a total of seven consolidations of the laws of Hong Kong: 1890, 1901, 1912, 1923, 1937, 1950, and 1964 (last updated to 1989). With the current Laws of Hong Kong available on the web, the Historical Laws of Hong Kong.
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Cap 8 – EVIDENCE ORDINANCE 4 [cf. 1851 c. 99 s. 3 U.K.] Section: 11 Evidence of parties and their husbands and wives in proceedings for adultery 30/06/1997 In any proceedings instituted in consequence of adultery, the parties to such proceedings and the husbands and, The Hong Kong Evidence Law Notes will refer frequently to the following using abbreviations. CPO Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap 221) EO Evidence Ordinance (Cap 8) JOO Juvenile Offenders Ordinance (Cap 226) ROO Rehabilitation of Offenders Ordinance (Cap 297) Rules and Directions Rules and directions for the questioning of suspects, Archival Legislation in Hong Kong: Evidence Ordinance and the Personal Data Ordinance G. Kozak custody, and no enactment exists which renders its contents provable by means of a copy, any copy thereof or extract therefrom shall be admissible in evidence in the court, provided it is, Criminal Evidence in Hong Kong. Previous. The improper reception of evidence is always to be deprecated, if only for its tendency to provoke an appeal. Lord Westbury, Mohur Singh v Ghuriba (1870) 6 Bengal LR 495, 497 (PC) Fundamental to the propriety of a conviction is the application of the correct onus and standard of proof.
