Victorian Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2008 - SECT 135

The court may refuse to admit evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger that the evidence might—

        (a)     be unfairly prejudicial to a party; or

        (b)     be misleading or confusing; or

S. 135(c) amended by No. 63/2014 s. 9(1)(a).

        (c)     cause or result in undue waste of time; or

S. 135(d) inserted by No. 63/2014 s. 9(1)(b).

        (d)     unnecessarily demean the deceased in a criminal proceeding for a homicide offence.

Note to s. 135 inserted by No. 63/2014 s. 9(2).

Note

This section does not limit evidence of family violence
that may be adduced under Part IC of the Crimes Act 1958 .