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Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
Syariah Courts Criminal Procedure Code · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Special Proceedings
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The medical officer who made the post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased shall. when possible, be called as a witness but in his absence for reasonable cause the written report of such medical officer shall be admissible as evidence.
medical officer
"medical officer" means a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act ' and includes a Medical Officer appointed under section 14 of the Prisons Act (Chapter 5 1);
Such written report shall be subject to such deduction from its weight as the Syariah Court deems proper to make by reason of such report not having been made on yamin and the accused person not having any opportunity of cross-examination.
yamin
"yamin" has the same meaning assigned to it under the Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 (S 6312001).
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medical officer
"medical officer" means a person registered under the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act ' and includes a Medical Officer appointed under section 14 of the Prisons Act (Chapter 5 1);
yamin
"yamin" has the same meaning assigned to it under the Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 (S 6312001).