Section 20 Earlier Evidence Act 22
When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant
Chapter 2: Relevancy of facts
Oral admissions as to the contents of a document are not relevant, unless and until the party proposing to prove them shows that he is entitled to give secondary evidence of the contents of such document under the rules hereinafter contained, or unless the genuineness of a document produced is in question.
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
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- 18Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suitEvidence Act 20
- 19Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalfEvidence Act 21
- 21Admissions in civil cases when relevantEvidence Act 23
- 22Confession caused by inducement, threat, coercion or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceedingEvidence Act 24
- 23Confession to police officerEvidence Act 25, 26