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Code Of Criminal Procedure Act (No. 15 of 1979) - Sect 417

Further proof of matters admitted unnecessary

420. It shall not be necessary in any summary prosecution or trial on indictment for either party to lead proof of any fact which is admitted by the opposite party or to prove any documents the authenticity and terms of which are not in dispute and copies of any documents may by agreement of the parties be accepted as equivalent to the originals.Such admissions may be made before or during the trial. Such admissions shall be sufficient proof of the fact or facts admitted without other evidence :Provided however that this section shall not apply unless the accused person was represented by an attorney-at-law at the time the admission was made : Provided further that where such admissions have been made before the trial, they shall be in writing, signed by the accused and attested as to their accuracy and the identity and signature of the accused by an attorney-at-law.


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