| 单词 | Impeachment of witness |
| 释义 | 質疑證人 Challenging a witness’ credibility. One of the primary functions of most procedural rules relating to questioning witnesses is to protect witnesses from improper credit impeachment by opposing counsel. In general, a question to the credit is permissible if the answer would affect the likely standing of the witness in the eyes of the tribunal of fact: R v Sweet-Escott (1971) 55 Cr App Rep 320 (CA). For example, a witness may be cross-examined on his previous inconsistent statements or testimony or contradiction of his testimony by other proved facts: Evidence Ordinance (Cap 8) s 12. However, a party producing a witness in any proceedings shall not be allowed to impeach his credit by general evidence of bad character: s 12. See also Hostile witness; Prior inconsistent statement. 對證人的可信性提出異議。大部份與詰問證人有關的程序規則，其主要的功能均為保護證人免受對方律師就可信性作出不當的質疑。概括而言，如在作事實判定的審裁處眼中，有關可信性的詰問的答案是會影響證人良好的聲譽的，則可予允許：R v Sweet-Escott (1971) 55 Cr App Rep 320（英國上訴法院）。例如證人可就下述陳述、證供被盤問：與證人以往不相符的陳述、與證人以往不相符的證供，或證人證供被經證明的事實所反駁之處：《證據條例》（第8章）第12條。但在任何法律程序中交出證人的一方，不許藉證人不良品格的一般證據而質疑證人的可信性。另見 Hostile witness; Prior inconsistent statement。 |
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