Evidence Ordinance

Where an application is made to the Court of First Instance for an order for
            evidence to be obtained in Hong Kong and the court is
satisfied—
(a)
that the application is made in pursuance of a request issued by or on behalf
                of a court or tribunal
                    (
the
                    requesting
                court
)
                exercising jurisdiction in a country or territory outside Hong Kong; and
(b)
that the evidence to which the application relates is to be obtained for the
                purposes of civil proceedings which either have been instituted before the
                requesting court or whose institution before that court is contemplated,
the Court of First Instance shall have the powers conferred on it by this
            Part.
(Amended
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
[cf. 1975 c. 34 s. 1 U.K.]