Evidence Ordinance

(1)
A notarial instrument may be received in evidence in civil proceedings, without further proof, as duly authenticated unless the contrary is proved.
(2)
A reference in subsection (1) to a notarial instrument is a reference to a
document—
(a)
evidencing and showing any notarial act of a notary public; and
(b)
bearing the signature and the seal of the notary public.
(3)
In this
section—
notarial act
(
公證行為
)—
(a)
means the exercise of any of the powers referred to in
section 40B
of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (
Cap. 159
) by a notary public; but
(b)
does not include any notarial act done before a diplomatic or consular officer of the People’s Republic of China outside the People’s Republic of China as referred to in
section 10
of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance (
Cap. 11
);
notary public
(
公證人
) means a person who, at the material time, is qualified to practise as a notary public under
section 40D
of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (
Cap. 159
).