Evidence Ordinance

Rules of court may provide that where a party to civil proceedings adduces hearsay evidence of a statement made by a person and does not call that person as a
witness—
(a)
any other party to the proceedings may, with the leave of the court, call that person as a witness and cross-examine him on the statement as if he had been called by the first-mentioned party and as if the hearsay statement were his evidence in chief;
(b)
any party to the proceedings may call additional evidence to attack or support the reliability of the hearsay statement or to attack or support the reliability of that additional evidence.
(Replaced
2 of 1999 s. 2
)
[cf. 1995 c. 38 s. 3 U.K.]