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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 91: Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other dispositions of property reduced to form of document
- Section 113: Proof of cession of territory
- Section 128: Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence
- Section 121: Judges and Magistrates
- Section 65B: Admissibility of electronic records
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