29 Apr 1997
R v. LAM CHI KEUNG
- Citation
- R v. LAM CHI KEUNG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1015/1996
Sections 3 and 4 of the Evidence Ordinance permit reception of a child's unsworn evidence and the judge's failure to conduct a formal competency inquiry or to ask a formal question about truth does not render admissible evidence inadmissible; the judge retains discretion to explain the importance of truth; ss.4(1)-(2) do not contravene the Letters Patent or ICCPR; the video-recorded interview was admissible because the interviewing social worker was a government employee; appeal dismissed and convictions upheld.