Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 74

             (1)  The hearsay rule does not apply to evidence of reputation concerning the existence, nature or extent of a public or general right.

             (2)  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.