Lesson 11 explains the difference between **confession and admission**…

Question

Lesson 11 explains the difference between **confession and admission**. Which statement is correct?

Accepted Answer

D. {'text': 'An admission need not be voluntary to be relevant; a confession to be relevant must be voluntary', 'label': 'D'}

1. Lesson 11 distinguishes the two terms carefully.
2. An **admission** need not be voluntary to be relevant (though voluntariness may affect weight). It can be in a civil or criminal proceeding.
3. A **confession** must be **voluntary** to be relevant; involuntary confessions (induced by threat, promise, or in police custody) are barred by Sections 24-27.
4. A confession is therefore a stricter species of admission, used only in criminal proceedings and only against the maker (except in joint trial under Section 30).
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 — Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws, Lesson 11 (Indian Evidence Act, 1872), pp. 251-272._

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{'text': 'Both admission and confession can only be made in writing in every case under any provision of any law in force in any State of the Union of India regardless of the context of the case in question', 'label': 'A'}

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{'text': 'An admission must always be voluntary to be relevant; a confession need not be voluntary to be relevant under any provision of any law in force in any State of the Union of India regardless of the context', 'label': 'B'}

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{'text': 'Both admission and confession must always be supported by independent eye-witnesses in every case under any provision of any law in force in any State of the Union of India regardless of the context', 'label': 'C'}