(1) The hearsay rules does not prevent the admission or use of evidence of reputation—
(a) that a man and a woman cohabiting at a particular time were married to each other at that time;
(b) as to family history or a family relationship; or
(c) as to the existence, nature or extent of a public or general right.
(2) In criminal proceedings where evidence as mentioned in subsection (1) has been admitted, this subsection does not prevent the admission or use of evidence that tends to contradict it.