Evidence Ordinance

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires—
bank
(
銀行
) means any corporation, company, or society
            established by charter or under or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Ordinance,
            lawfully carrying on the business of bankers, or any foreign banking company carrying on
            business in Hong Kong;
(Amended
9 of 1950
Schedule;
37 of 1984 s. 11
)
banker’s
                    record
(
銀行紀錄
)
includes—
(a)
any document or record used in the ordinary business of a bank; and
(b)
any record so used which is kept otherwise than in a legible form and is capable of being reproduced in a legible form;
(Replaced
37 of 1984 s. 2
)
court
(
法院
、
法庭
)
            includes the Chief Justice and any other judge, also every magistrate, justice, officer
            of any court, commissioner, arbitrator, or other person having, by law or by consent of
            parties, authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence with respect to or concerning
            any action, suit, or other proceeding civil or criminal, or with respect to any matter
            submitted to arbitration or ordered to be inquired into or investigated under any
                commission;
(Amended
50 of 1911
;
62 of 1911
Schedule;
27 of 1912
)
[cf. 1851 c. 99 s. 16
            U.K.]
Government
                Chemist
(
政府化驗師
) means the person appointed as such by the
            Governor and such other person as the Governor may appoint in writing to carry out
            examinations or analyses of articles or substances and to sign certificates under
section 25
in relation thereto.
(Added
31 of 1969 s. 2
. Amended
42 of 1973 s. 2
)