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Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · As enacted · Chapter IX
Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · As enacted · Chapter IX
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A syahid or any party who intends to summon a syahid intending to give syahadah shall give a prior notice to the Court for that purpose.
The provisions of Chapter III shall apply to syahid who gives bayyinah or syahadah in order to ensure the accuracy of his evidence.
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to a syahid who gives syahadah in order to ensure that he is 'adil.
Explanation -
If a Judge says to any syahid to speak the truth or any such syahid is 'adil but the syahid has done mistakes in his evidence or the syahid has forgotten the fact, or he says the syahid is 'adil but he denies such claim, the Judge 1602
shall not make a decision, unless he ensures at first that the syahid is 'adil or otherwise with tazkiyah al syuhud in the Court or in secret.
Nature of tazkiyah al syuhud.