(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.