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Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · As enacted · Chapter II
Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · As enacted · Chapter II
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if they are inconsistent with any fact in issue or relevant fact;
if by themselves or in connection with other facts they make the existence or non-existence of any fact in issue or relevant fact highly probable or improbable.
Illustrations
The question is whether A committed a crime at Kuala Belait on a certain day.
The fact that on that day A was at Muara is qarinah.
The fact that near the time when the crime was committed, A was at a distance from the place where it was committed, which would render it highly improbable/ though not impossible, that he committed it is qarinah.
The question is whether A committed a crime.
The circumstances are such that the crime must have been committed either by A, Bl C or D. Every fact which shows that the crime could have been committed by no one else and that it was not committed by either B, CorD is qarinah.
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In suits for damages facts tending to enable Court to determine amount are qarinah.
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