Cap. 8activeordinance

Evidence Ordinance

證據條例

Full legislation

s.64

Conclusiveness of convictions for purposes of defamation actions

In an action for libel or slander in which the question whether a person did or did not commit a criminal offence is relevant to an issue arising in the action, proof that, at the time when that issue falls to be determined, that person stands convicted of that offence shall be conclusive evidence that he committed that offence; and his conviction thereof shall be admissible in evidence accordingly.