Evidence Ordinance

(1)
Where under this Part it is relevant for the purposes of any criminal proceedings to prove any particular or matter in respect of a deponent or a deposition, or any document or thing exhibited or annexed to a deposition, such matter or particular may be proved by an averment contained in the deposition stating that particular or matter.
(2)
Where any deposition having exhibited or annexed thereto a document of a kind referred to in
section 77F(2
)(
c)
is admitted in evidence by virtue of
section 77F
,
section 22(3)
and (4) shall apply in relation to any statement contained in that document as they apply in relation to a statement given in evidence by virtue of
section 22
.
(3)
Section 22A(4)
and (9) shall apply for the purposes of
section 77F(2
)(
d)
as they apply for the purposes of
section 22A
.
(4)
Section 22B(2)
and (3) shall apply in relation to a statement contained in any document exhibited or annexed to any deposition admitted in evidence under this Part as they apply in relation to a statement admitted in evidence by virtue of
section 22
or
22A
.
(4A)
References in this Part to a deposition, to the extent that it is received by the Secretary for Justice pursuant to a request under
section 9(1)
of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance (
Cap. 525
), include references to an affidavit, affirmation or declaration made under an obligation to state the truth according to the law of the place where the affidavit, affirmation or declaration is made; and references to a deponent are to be construed accordingly.
(Added
18 of 2014 s. 49
)
(5)
References in this Part to a document or thing exhibited or annexed to a deposition include references to a document or thing referred to in the deposition as a document or thing exhibited or annexed thereto.
(6)
In this Part
document
(
文件
),
copy
(
副本
) and
statement
(
陳述
) have the same meaning as in Part IV.