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s.4B
Abolition of corroboration rule in respect of sexual offences
(1)
Any requirement whereby at a trial by and before a judge and jury it is
obligatory for the judge to give the jury a warning about convicting the accused of
an offence under Part VI or XII of the Crimes Ordinance (
Cap.
200
) on the uncorroborated evidence of a person merely because that person
is the person in respect of whom that offence is alleged to have been committed is
hereby abrogated.
(2)
Any requirement that is applicable at a trial by a judge or magistrate and
corresponds to the requirement mentioned in subsection (1) is hereby
abrogated.
(3)
This section shall not apply
to—
(a)
any trial; or
(b)
any committal proceedings within the meaning of
section 71A
of
the Magistrates Ordinance (
Cap. 227
),
that commenced before the
commencement*
of this section.