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.