Haw. Rev. Stat. § 710-1064: Retraction.

(1) It is a defense to a prosecution under this part that the defendant retracted the defendant's falsification:

(a) If the falsification was made in an official proceeding, in the course of the same proceeding before discovery of the falsification became known to the defendant; or

(b) If the falsification was not made in an official proceeding, before reliance upon the falsification by the person or body for whom it was intended.

(2) "In the course of the same proceeding" includes separate hearings at separate stages of the same official or administrative proceeding but does not include any stage of the proceeding after the close of the evidence. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1993]

COMMENTARY ON §710-1064