SECTION 17 EVIDENCE ACT [ACT 56]

SECTION 17   . ADMISSION AND CONFESSION DEFINED

(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.

The above legislation may sound confusing for  law students when they read :-
 "(1) An admission is a statement......   (2) A confession is an admission.....

Let me explain simply- An admission refers to  statements made in a civil suits whereas a  confessions are made in reference to criminal offences. Once this distinction is clear in our minds, reading Law on this subject  becomes much easier.