Evidence Act 2001
103Exception: cross-examination as to credibility
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103 Exception: cross-examination as to credibility
[Section 103 Substituted by No. 46 of 2010, s. 30, Applied:01 Jan 2011]
(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) , 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.