Crimes Ordinance
Part V
5-2
Section 28
Cap. 200
Part V
Perjury
(Format changes—E.R. 4 of 2017)
28.
Interpretation
In this Part—
Judicial proceeding (司法程序) includes a proceeding before any
court, tribunal or person having by law power to hear, receive
and examine evidence on oath.
(21 of 1922 s. 3(2) incorporated)
29.
Extracurial statements on oath made for purposes of a judicial
proceeding
(1) Where a statement made for the purposes of a judicial
proceeding is not made before a court, tribunal or person
having by law power to hear, receive and examine evidence
on oath but is made on oath before a person authorized
by law to administer an oath to the person who makes the
statement and to record or authenticate the statement, it shall
be deemed for the purposes of this Part to have been made in
a judicial proceeding.
(2) A statement made by a person lawfully sworn in Hong Kong
for the purposes of a judicial proceeding elsewhere shall be
deemed for the purposes of this Part to have been made in a
judicial proceeding in Hong Kong.
(45 of 1967 s. 3 incorporated)
30.
Materiality of a statement is a question of law
The question whether a statement on which any offence against this
Part is assigned was material is a question of law to be determined
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16.11.2017
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