Victorian Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2008 - SECT 102

Credibility evidence about a witness is not admissible.

Notes

1     Specific exceptions to the credibility rule are as follows—

    •     evidence adduced in cross-examination (sections 103 and 104)

    •     evidence in rebuttal of denials (section 106)

    •     evidence to re-establish credibility (section 108)

    •     evidence of persons with specialised knowledge (section 108C)

    •     character of accused persons (section 110)

Other provisions of this Act, or of other laws, may operate as further exceptions.

2     Sections 108A and 108B deal with the admission of credibility evidence about a person who has made a previous representation but is not a witness.