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108Exception—re-establishing credibility
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108 Exception—re-establishing credibility
(1) The credibility rule does not apply to evidence given by a witness in
re-examination.
(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 present the evidence of the prior
consistent statement.
Division 3.7.3 Credibility of people who are not witnesses
Division 3.7.3 Credibility of people who are not
witnesses
108A Admissibility of evidence of credibility of person who has
made a previous representation
(a) evidence of a previous representation has been admitted in a
proceeding; and
(b) the person who made the representation has not been called, and
will not be called, to give evidence in the proceeding;
credibility evidence about the person who made the representation is
not admissible unless the evidence could substantially affect the
assessment of the person’s credibility.
(2) Without limiting the matters to which the court may have regard for
subsection (1), it must have regard to—
(a) whether the evidence tends to prove that the person who made
the representation knowingly or recklessly made a false
representation when the person was under an obligation to tell
the truth; and
(b) the period that elapsed between the doing of the acts or the
happening of the events to which the representation related and
the making of the representation.