Section 110 — Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)

(1) The hearsay rule, the opinion rule, the tendency rule and the credibility rule do not apply to evidence adduced by a defendant to prove (directly or by implication) that the defendant is, either generally or in a particular respect, a person of good character.
(2) If evidence adduced to prove (directly or by implication) that a defendant is generally a person of good character has been admitted, the hearsay rule, the opinion rule, the tendency rule and the credibility rule do not apply to evidence adduced to prove (directly or by implication) that the defendant is not generally a person of good character.
(3) If evidence adduced to prove (directly or by implication) that a defendant is a person of good character in a particular respect has been admitted, the hearsay rule, the opinion rule, the tendency rule and the credibility rule do not apply to evidence adduced to prove (directly or by implication) that the defendant is not a person of good character in that respect.
Note. The Commonwealth Act includes an additional subsection relating to unsworn statements.

Related sections

• s 108B — Further protections: previous representations of an accused who is not a witness
• s 108C — Exception: evidence of persons with specialised knowledge
• s 109 — Application
• s 111 — Evidence about character of co-accused
• s 112 — Leave required to cross-examine about character of accused or co-accused
• s 113 — Application of Part

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