§ 1005.145. Effect of pleadings.
(a) Pleadings listed in § 1005.1 (relating to pleadings allowed) will, without further action, be considered as part of the record as pleadings.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) and in the case of a noncontested proceeding, a pleading or any part thereof may not be considered as evidence of a fact other than that of filing thereof unless offered and received into evidence.
(c) A fact admitted by a party in an answer, filed under oath, to a numbered allegation in a pleading may be considered as evidence of the fact without the pleading and answer being offered and received into evidence.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) supersede 1 Pa. Code § 35.125(d) (relating to order of procedure). Subsection (c) supersedes 1 Pa. Code § 35.35 (relating to answers to complaints and petitions).
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