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Evidence of a hearsay statement is not made inadmissible by section 117 if the statement is offered against a party, and-

(a) the declarant is a party to the action either in his individual or representative capacity, or

(b) the party against whom it is offered has manifested his adoption of, or his belief in the truth of, the statement, or

(c) the party against whom it is offered had authorised the declarant to make a statement concerning the subject matter of the statement, or

(d) the declarant was an agent or employee of the party against whom it is offered and the statement concerns a matter within the scope of the declarant's agency or employment and was made before the termination of the agency or employment, or

(e) the declarant made the statement while participating in a conspiracy to commit a crime or civil wrong and in furtherance of that conspiracy.