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108Exception: re-establishing credibility
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### 108 Exception: re-establishing credibility
> [*\[Section 108 Substituted by No. 46 of 2010, s. 30, Applied:01 Jan 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-01-01/act-2010-046#GS30@EN)
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> > (1) The credibility rule does not apply to evidence adduced in re-examination of a witness.
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> > (2) The credibility rule does not apply to evidence of a prior consistent statement of a witness if –
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> > > > (a) evidence of a prior inconsistent statement of the witness has been admitted; or
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> > > > (b) it is or will be suggested, either expressly or by implication, that evidence given by the witness has been fabricated or reconstructed, whether deliberately or otherwise, or is the result of a suggestion –
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> > and the court gives leave to adduce the evidence of the prior consistent statement.