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Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · As enacted · Part III · Production and Effect of Evidence
Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001 · As enacted · Part III · Production and Effect of Evidence
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The burden of proof as to any particular fact lies on that person who wishes the Court to believe in its existence, unless it is provided by any law that the proof of that fact shall lie on any particular person.
Illustrations
(a} A prosecutes B for theft and wishes the Court to believe that B admitted the theft to C.
A must prove the admission.
B wishes the Court to believe that at the time in question he was elsewhere.
He must prove it.
Burden of proving fact to be proved to make evidence admissible.