Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter II: Of the Relevancy of Facts · Admissions
Section 22A: When oral admission as to contents of electronic records are relevant
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
Oral admissions about the contents of electronic records are not relevant unless the genuineness of the produced electronic record is in question.
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Official text
Oral admissions as to the contents of electronic records are not relevant, unless the genuineness of the electronic record produced is in question.]
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.