Evidence Act · 2014 Revised Edition · Chapter II
Section 18
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Statements made by a party to the proceedings or by an agent to any such party whom the court regards under the circumstances of the case as expressly or impliedly authorised by him to make them, are admissions.
court
“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised 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.
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evidence
“evidence” includes — (a) all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; (b) all documents produced for the inspection of the court: such documents are called documentary evidence.
Statements made by —
persons who have any proprietary or pecuniary interest in the subject matter of the proceedings, and who make the statement in their character of persons so interested; or
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.
Terms defined in s 3
court
Defined · s 3“court” includes all Judges and Magistrates and, except arbitrators, all persons legally authorised to take evidence;
evidence
Defined · s 3“evidence” includes — (a) all statements which the court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry: such statements are called oral evidence; (b) all documents produced for the inspection of the court: such documents are called documentary evidence.
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