Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 8 | Title: | EVIDENCE ORDINANCE |  | |
: If this pencil mark appears at the beginning of a provision, that provision is subject to amendments that are already in operation but have not yet been incorporated in its text.
| Cap 8 | Long title | |
| Cap 8 Part I | PRELIMINARY | |
| Cap 8 s 1 | Short title | |
| Cap 8 s 2 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 8 Part II | ADMISSIBLE WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE | |
| Cap 8 s 3 | Incompetency from immature age or unsoundness of mind | |
| Cap 8 s 4 | Evidence given by children | |
| Cap 8 s 4A | Abolition of corroboration rule in respect of evidence given by a child | |
| Cap 8 s 4B | Abolition of corroboration rule in respect of sexual offences | |
| Cap 8 s 5 | Evidence of parties | |
| Cap 8 s 6 | Evidence of husband and wife | |
| Cap 8 s 7 | Privilege of husband and wife | |
| Cap 8 s 8 | Evidence of access | |
| Cap 8 s 9 | No incapacity from crime or interest | |
| Cap 8 s 10 | Exception as to defendant in criminal proceedings | |
| Cap 8 s 11 | Evidence of parties and their husbands and wives in proceedings for adultery | |
| Cap 8 s 12 | Discrediting a witness | |
| Cap 8 s 13 | Proof of contradictory statement of adverse witness | |
| Cap 8 s 14 | Cross-examination as to previous statement in writing | |
| Cap 8 s 15 | Proof of conviction and previous conviction for indictable offence | |
| Cap 8 s 16 | Attesting witness need not be called | |
| Cap 8 s 17 | Comparison of disputed with genuine writing | |
| Cap 8 s 17A | Evidence in criminal proceedings to prove unrecorded event did not happen | |
| Cap 8 Part III | ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS | |
| Cap 8 s 18 | Copy of document of public nature | |
| Cap 8 s 19 | Official documents | |
| Cap 8 s 19A | Certificate in criminal proceedings in respect of foreign documents | |
| Cap 8 s 19AA | Evidence of signature or fiat, etc. | |
| Cap 8 s 19B | Certificate in criminal proceedings of designation of foreign bank | |
| Cap 8 s 19C | Privilege relating to sections 19A and 19B | |
| Cap 8 s 20 | Copy of entry in banker's record | |
| Cap 8 s 20A | Application of section 20 to banks that have ceased business | |
| Cap 8 s 21 | Court or judge may direct copies of entries in banker's record to be taken | |
| Cap 8 s 22 | Evidence in criminal proceedings from documentary records | |
| Cap 8 s 22A | Documentary evidence in criminal proceedings from computer records | |
| Cap 8 s 22B | Provisions supplementary to sections 22 and 22A | |
| Cap 8 s 23 | Copy of records of Hong Kong Observatory | |
| Cap 8 s 24 | Certificate of accuracy of chronometer | |
| Cap 8 s 24A | Certificate of accuracy of apparatus designed and used for ascertaining the speed of a vessel | |
| Cap 8 s 25 | Government Chemist's certificates | |
| Cap 8 s 26 | Certificates as to photographic process | |
| Cap 8 s 27 | Certified translations of documents | |
| Cap 8 s 28 | Certificates of accuracy of speedometers and radar and weighing devices | |
| Cap 8 s 29 | Certificate of posting of documents | |
| Cap 8 s 29A | Certified transcripts of tape recordings | |
| Cap 8 s 30 | Computation of time | |
| Cap 8 s 31 | Proof of foreign or colonial act of state, judgment, etc. | |
| Cap 8 s 32 | Proof of statutes of Commonwealth Country | |
| Cap 8 s 33 | Swearing of answer, etc., in High Court in England, etc. | |
| Cap 8 s 34 | Admissibility of document having seal and signature of British ambassador, etc. | |
| Cap 8 s 35 | Proof of various matters in civil proceedings | |
| Cap 8 s 36 | Effect of notices in Gazette | |
| Cap 8 s 37 | Admissibility of document filed in foreign court or consulate | |
| Cap 8 s 38 | Courts to take judicial notice of signature of judges, etc. | |
| Cap 8 s 39 | Prints of films of public documents | |
| Cap 8 s 40 | Prints from films of Government documents, etc. | |
| Cap 8 s 41 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 8 s 42 | Proof of instrument to validity of which attestation is necessary | |
| Cap 8 s 43 | Presumptions as to documents 20 years old | |
| Cap 8 s 44 | Power to order proof of specified facts by affidavit with or without attendance of deponent | |
| Cap 8 s 45 | Interpretation and savings | |
| Cap 8 Part IV | HEARSAY EVIDENCE IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS | |
| Cap 8 s 46 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 8 s 47 | Admissibility of hearsay evidence | |
| Cap 8 s 47A | Notice of proposal to adduce hearsay evidence | |
| Cap 8 s 48 | Power to call witness for cross-examination on hearsay statement, etc. | |
| Cap 8 s 49 | Considerations relevant to weighing of hearsay evidence | |
| Cap 8 s 50 | Competence and credibility | |
| Cap 8 s 51 | Previous statements of witnesses | |
| Cap 8 s 52 | Evidence formerly admissible at common law | |
| Cap 8 s 53 | Proof of statements contained in documents | |
| Cap 8 s 54 | Proof of records of business or public body | |
| Cap 8 s 55 | Statement not contained in business records | |
| Cap 8 s 55A | Provisions as to rules of court | |
| Cap 8 s 55B | Savings | |
| Cap 8 Part V | EVIDENCE OF OPINION AND EXPERT EVIDENCE | |
| Cap 8 s 56 | (Repealed 2 of 1999 s. 3) | |
| Cap 8 s 57 | (Repealed 2 of 1999 s. 3) | |
| Cap 8 s 58 | Admissibility of expert opinion and certain expressions of non-expert opinion | |
| Cap 8 s 59 | Evidence of foreign law | |
| Cap 8 s 60 | Interpretation, application to arbitrations etc. and savings | |
| Cap 8 s 61 | (Repealed 65 of 1980 s. 8) | |
| Cap 8 Part VI | CONVICTIONS AND PRIVILEGE | |
| Cap 8 s 62 | Convictions as evidence in civil proceedings | |
| Cap 8 s 63 | Findings of adultery as evidence in civil proceedings | |
| Cap 8 s 64 | Conclusiveness of convictions for purposes of defamation actions | |
| Cap 8 s 65 | Privilege against incrimination of self or spouse | |
| Cap 8 s 65A | Privilege against incrimination of self or spouse in criminal proceedings | |
| Cap 8 s 66 | Abolition of certain privileges | |
| Cap 8 s 67 | Consequential amendments relating to privilege | |
| Cap 8 s 68 | Interpretation and savings of Part VI | |
| Cap 8 s 69 | Rules | |
| Cap 8 Part VII | DEPOSITIONS | |
| Cap 8 s 70 | Admissibility in evidence in criminal proceedings of deposition of person dead, etc. | |
| Cap 8 s 71 | Prima facie proof of examination having been duly taken | |
| Cap 8 s 72 | Objection that deposition tendered was not signed by magistrate | |
| Cap 8 s 73 | Power to take deposition of person dangerously ill, etc., and admissibility thereof | |
| Cap 8 Part VIII | EVIDENCE FOR PROCEEDINGS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS | |
| Cap 8 s 74 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 8 s 75 | Application to the Court of First Instance for assistance in obtaining evidence for civil proceedings in another court | |
| Cap 8 s 76 | Power of a court in Hong Kong to give effect to an application for assistance | |
| Cap 8 s 77 | Privilege of witnesses | |
| Cap 8 s 77A | Effect of subpoena | |
| Cap 8 s 77B | Power of Hong Kong court to assist in obtaining evidence for criminal proceedings in an overseas court | |
| Cap 8 s 77C | Rules of court | |
| Cap 8 s 77D | Saving | |
| Cap 8 Part VIIIA | OBTAINING OF EVIDENCE IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS FOR USE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN HONG KONG | |
| Cap 8 s 77E | Issue of letter of request to obtain evidence in criminal proceedings | |
| Cap 8 s 77F | Admissibility in criminal proceedings of evidence obtained pursuant to letter of request | |
| Cap 8 s 77G | Provisions supplementary to sections 77E and 77F | |
| Cap 8 Part IX | MISCELLANEOUS* | |
| Cap 8 s 78 | Impounding of forged document or false instrument admitted in evidence | |
| Cap 8 s 79 | Admissibility of certain medical notes and reports | |
| Cap 8 s 80 | Observations and evidence of accused person before magistrate to be taken down and to be admissible at trial | |
| Cap 8 s 81 | Warrant or order to bring up prisoner to give evidence | |
| Cap 8 s 82 | Saving as to Wills Act 1837 | |
| Cap 8 | SCHEDULE |
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