Evidence Act 1950 s 17
(1) An admission is a statement, oral or documentary, which suggests any inference as to any fact in issue or relevant fact, and which is made by any of the persons and under the circumstances hereinafter mentioned. (2) A confession is an admission made at any time by a person accused of an offence, stating or suggesting the inference that he committed that offence. (3) Subsection (2) shall have no application in Sarawak.
Pengakuan dan pengakuan salah ditakrifkan
(1) Pengakuan ialah suatu pernyataan, lisan atau dokumentar, yang menyarankan apa-apa inferens mengenai apa-apa fakta persoalan atau mengenai apa-apa fakta berkaitan, dan yang dibuat oleh mana-mana orang dan dalam hal keadaan yang disebut kemudian daripada ini. (2) Pengakuan salah ialah suatu pengakuan yang dibuat pada bila-bila masa oleh seseorang yang dituduh melakukan suatu kesalahan, yang menyatakan atau menyarankan inferens bahawa dia telah melakukan kesalahan itu. (3) Subseksyen (2) tidak terpakai di Sarawak.
Text as at 1 May 2017 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).