{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-104",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-104.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "section/104",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "104",
  "heading": "“Matter in issue between the defendant and a co-defendant”",
  "text": "(1) Evidence which is relevant to the question whether the defendant has a propensity to be untruthful is admissible on that basis under section 101(1)(e) only if the nature or conduct of his defence is such as to undermine the co-defendant’s defence.\n(2) Only evidence—\n(a) which is to be (or has been) adduced by the co-defendant, or\n(b) which a witness is to be invited to give (or has given) in cross-examination by the co-defendant,\nis admissible under section 101(1)(e).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/104",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:40.404644+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}