Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

93.   Exception: Cross-examination as to credibility

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    (1)   The credibility rule does not prevent the admission or use of evidence that relates to the credibility of a witness and that has been adduced in cross-examination of the witness.

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    (2)   Evidence referred to in subsection (1) is not admissible if it—

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      (a)     is relevant only to the credibility of the witness; and

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      (b)     does not have substantial probative value as to the credibility of the witness.

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    (3)   In determining whether the evidence referred to in subsection (1) has substantial probative value the court shall have regard to, inter alia, the following matters—

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      (a)     whether the evidence tends to prove that the witness knowingly or recklessly made a false representation at a time when the witness was under an obligation to tell the truth; and

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      (b)     the period that has elapsed since the acts or events to which the evidence relates were done or occurred.