108Exception: re-establishing credibility

108 Exception: re-establishing credibility

[Section 108 Substituted by No. 46 of 2010, s. 30, Applied:01 Jan 2011]

(1)  The credibility rule does not apply to evidence adduced in re-examination of a witness.

(2)  The credibility rule does not apply to evidence of a prior consistent statement of a witness if –

(a) evidence of a prior inconsistent statement of the witness has been admitted; or

(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 –

and the court gives leave to adduce the evidence of the prior consistent statement.