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Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · s 90
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Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · s 90
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Whoever desires any Court to give judgment as to any legal right or liability, dependent on the existence of facts which he asserts, must prove that those facts exist.
When a person is b.ound to prove the existence of any fact, it is said that the burden of proof lies on that person.
Illustrations
{a}
A desires the Court to give judgment that B shall be punished for a crime which A says B has committed.
A must prove that B has committed the crime.
{b}
A desires the Court to give judgment that he is entitled to certain land in the possession of B by reason of facts which he asserts and which B denies to be true.
A must prove the existence of those facts.
On whom the burden of proof lies.