CHAPTER II.––OF THE RELEVANCY OF FACTS · ADMISSIONS

Section 17: Admission defined

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

An admission is a statement, ¹[oral or documentary or contained in electronic form], which suggests any inference as to any fact in issue or relevant fact, and which is made by any of the persons, and under the circumstances, hereinafter mentioned.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 92 and Second Schedule, for “oral or documentary,” (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).

Now in the BSA

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

17. Admission defined.

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