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Section 29 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
29. Confession otherwise relevant not to become irrelevant because of promise of secrecy, etc.
If such a confession is otherwise relevant, it does not become irrelevant merely because it was made under a promise of secrecy, or in consequence of a deception practiced on the accused person for the purpose of obtaining, it, or when he was drunk, or because it was made in answer to questions which he need not have answered, whatever may have been the form of those questions, or because he was not warned that he was not bound to make such confession, and that evidence of it might be given against him.
Related Sections
- Section 43: Judgment, etc., other than those mentioned in sections 40 to 42, when relevant
- Section 109: Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent
- Section 110: Burden of proof as to ownership
- Section 103: Burden of proof as to particular fact
- Section 69: Proof where no attesting witness found
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