Exception: reputation as to relationships and age
73 Exception: reputation as to relationships and age
The hearsay rule does not apply to evidence of reputation concerning:
whether a person was, at a particular time or at any time, a married person; or
whether 2 people cohabiting at a particular time were married to each other at that time; or
a person’s age; or
family history or a family relationship.
In a criminal proceeding, subsection (1) does not apply to evidence adduced by a defendant unless:
it tends to contradict evidence of a kind referred to in subsection (1) that has been admitted; or
the defendant has given reasonable notice in writing to each other party of the defendant’s intention to adduce the evidence.
In a criminal proceeding, subsection (1) does not apply to evidence adduced by the prosecutor unless it tends to contradict evidence of a kind referred to in subsection (1) that has been admitted.
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