Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · s 19

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s 19

When there is a question whether a particular act was done/ the existence of any course of business1 according to which it naturally would have been done, is qarinah.

Illustrations

{a) The question is whether a particular letter was dispatched.

The facts that it was the ordinary course of business for all letters put in a certain place to be carried to the post office, and that that particular letter was put in that place, are qarinah.

{b) The question is whether a particular letter reached A.

The facts that it was posted in due course and was not returned by the Postal

Services Department are qarinah.

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