单词 | Complaint |
释义 | 抱怨、控告 An expression of discontent or grievance. Criminal law - 1. An allegation made by a person to another in an informal way that an offence has been committed against the first person. Proceedings in the magistracies may begin by making a complaint, instead of laying an information, although formally, a complaint is civil in nature whereas an information is criminal in nature. For example, if a person denies liability for unauthorised parking, the magistrate determines the outcome on complaint in a summary way: Fixed Penalty (Traffic Contraventions) Ordinance (Cap 237) s 16(1). 2. Criminal investigation often begins after the police or the Independent Commission Against Corruption receives a formal complaint from the aggrieved parties. 3. In criminal evidence, a recent complaint made by the victim in a sexual offence case can be admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule. A recent complaint is admissible only if the conversation in issue can somehow be thought of as a complaint in the sense that it expresses some sentiment of grievance: R v Cheung Yat Fung [1988] HKC 63 (CA). See also Complainant; Information. Legal practitioners - A written expression of concern about the conduct of a legal practitioner, identifying the legal practitioner concerned and giving particulars of the conduct that is the subject of the complaint. An application to consider a compliant regarding the conduct of a solicitor shall be in writing and signed by the application and shall be sent to the Law Society of Hong Kong together with an affidavit by the applicant stating the matters of fact on which he relies in support of his application: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Proceedings Rules (Cap 159C) r 3. Normally, there are three sources from which most complaints proceed – members of the public, judges or the Law Society of Hong Kong itself and the complainant will usually be the disappointed client. Regarding barristers, any member of the public, any barrister, any judge, the Secretary for Justice or the Hong Kong Bar Council may lay a complaint against a barrister and in case of complaints by members of the public, barristers and judges, the complaint should be directed to the Hong Kong Bar Council of the Bar Association. See also Discipline; Professional misconduct. 不滿或不平的表達。 刑法 - 1. 一人對另一人的不正式指控,即後者以前者為犯罪對象。在裁判法庭的法律程序可由作出申訴,而非提出告發開始,雖然正式來說,申訴是屬民事的,而告發則屬刑事。例如:有人否認違例泊車的法律責任時,裁判官會循簡易程序對申訴作出判定:《定額罰款(交通違例事項)條例》(第237章)第16(1)條。 2. 刑事調查經常在警察或廉政公署接到受屈人的正式申訴後開始。3. 刑事證據法,性罪行受害人的近期申訴,可作為傳聞證據原則的例外情況而被接納;但只有在有關的對話,可被認為是一申訴的情形下,即近期申訴表達了某些委屈的觀點,才可獲接納:R v Cheung Yat Fung [1988] HKC 63(上訴法院)。另見 Complainant; Information。 執業律師 - 以書面表達對某一法律執業者的行為操守的關注,並識別有關的法律執業者的身份,且就作為申訴對象的行為操守提供詳情。申請要求對有關律師的操守行為作出考慮的申訴,應以書面形式,經申請人簽署,向香港律師會作出,申訴並應附上說明申請人依賴支持其申請的事實的誓章:《律師紀律審裁組法律程序規則》(第159C章)第3條。通常,大部份申訴來自三個源頭:公眾、法官、香港律師會本身,而申訴人一般為失望的客人。至於大律師方面,任何公眾人士、大律師、法官或律政司司長、香港大律師公會均可針對某一大律師提出申訴;任何由公眾人士、大律師、法官提出的申訴,應向香港大律師公會執委會提出。另見 Discipline; Professional misconduct。 n. |
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