20. Oral admissions as to the contents of a document are not relevant, unless and until the party proposing to prove them shows that he is entitled to give secondary evidence of the contents of such document under the rules hereinafter contained, or unless the genuineness of a document produced is in question.
Evidence Act Section 22 in BSA: Section 20
When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant
Section 22 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant) corresponds to Section 20 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.
Text of BSA Section 20
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