Criminal Justice Act 2003 · 2003 c. 44View on legislation.gov.uk
Part 11: Evidence — Chapter 1: Evidence of bad character
The common law rules governing the admissibility of evidence of bad character in criminal proceedings are abolished.
Subsection (1) is subject to section 118(1) in so far as it preserves the rule under which in criminal proceedings a person's reputation is admissible for the purposes of proving his bad character.
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