Evidence Act 1950 · Updated to 1 Nov 2017 · Chapter II
18. Admission by party to proceeding, his agent or person interested
Feedback & supportStatements made by a party to the proceeding or by an agent to any such party whom the court regards under the circumstances of the case as expressly or impliedly authorized by him to make them are admissions.
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“court” means a court established by or under Part IX of the Federal Constitution and includes— (a) a Judge; (b) a Sessions Court Judge; (c) a Magistrate; and (d) except an arbitrator, every person legally authorized to take evidence;
Statements made by parties to suits, suing or sued in a representative character, are not admissions unless they were made while the party making them held that character.
Statements made by—
persons who have any proprietary or pecuniary interest in the subject matter of the proceeding, and who make the statement in their character of persons so interested;
or
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persons from whom the parties to the suit have derived their interest in the subject matter of the suit, are admissions if they are made during the continuance of the interest of the persons making the statements.