Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472:section:73
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 73
Character Range: 82803–83727

73  Exception: reputation as to relationships and age
 (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 2 people 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.