Cap. 8activeordinance

Evidence Ordinance

證據條例

Full legislation

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.