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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
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to Hukum Syara' and any other written law, when the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is proved that he has not been heard of for 4
years from the time he was missing by those who would naturally have heard of him if he had been alive, the burden of proving that he is alive is shifted to the person who affirms it.
Burden of proof as to ownership.