Northern Territory Numbered Acts

EVIDENCE (NATIONAL UNIFORM LEGISLATION) ACT 2011 (NO 33 OF 2011) - SECT 73

    (1)     The hearsay rule does not apply to evidence of reputation concerning:

    (a)     whether a person was, at a particular time or at any time, a married person; or

    (b)     whether a man and a woman cohabiting at a particular time were married to each other at that time; or

    (c)     a person's age; or

    (d)     family history or a family relationship.

    (2)     In a criminal proceeding, subsection (1) does not apply to evidence adduced by a defendant unless:

    (a)     it tends to contradict evidence of a kind referred to in subsection (1) that has been admitted; or

    (b)     the defendant has given reasonable notice in writing to each other party of the defendant's intention to adduce the evidence.

    (3)     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.