Evidence Ordinance

In this Part, unless the context otherwise
requires—
civil
                proceedings
(
民事法律程序
) means civil proceedings, before any
            court, in relation to which strict rules of evidence apply, whether as a matter of law
            or by agreement of the parties, and references to
the
                court
(
法院
、
法庭
) and
rules
                of
            court
(
法院規則
) shall be construed accordingly;
copy
(
副本
), in relation to a document, means anything
            onto which information recorded in the document has been copied, by whatever means and
            whether directly or indirectly;
court
(
法院
、
法庭
)
            includes any tribunal;
document
(
文件
) means anything in which information of any
            description is recorded;
hearsay
(
傳聞
)—
(a)
means a statement made otherwise than by a person while giving oral
                    evidence in the proceedings which is tendered as evidence of the matters
                    stated;
(b)
includes hearsay of whatever degree;
oral
                evidence
(
口頭證據
) includes evidence which, by reason of a
            defect of speech or hearing, a person called as a witness gives in writing or by
            signs;
original
                    statement
(
原陳述
), in relation to hearsay evidence, means
                the underlying statement, if any, made
by—
(a)
in the case of evidence of fact, a person having personal knowledge of that
                    fact;
(b)
in the case of evidence of opinion, the person whose opinion it
                    is;
statement
(
陳述
) means any representation of fact or opinion,
            however made.
(Replaced
2 of 1999 s. 2
)
[cf. 1995 c. 38 ss. 1(2), 9(4), 11 & 13 U.K.]