103Exception: cross-examination as to credibility

### 103 Exception: cross-examination as to credibility > [*\[Section 103 Substituted by No. 46 of 2010, s. 30, Applied:01 Jan 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-01-01/act-2010-046#GS30@EN) > > > (1)  The credibility rule does not apply to evidence adduced in cross-examination of a witness if the evidence could substantially affect the assessment of the credibility of the witness. > > > (2)  Without limiting the matters that the court may have regard to for the purposes of [subsection (1)](#GS103@Gs1@EN) , it is to have regard to – > > > > > > (a) whether the evidence tends to prove that the witness knowingly or recklessly made a false representation when the witness was under an obligation to tell the truth; and > > > > > > > (b) the period that has elapsed since the acts or events to which the evidence relates were done or occurred.