Syariah Penal Code · 2024 Revised Edition · Chapter I · Sariqah, Hirabah, Zina, Zina Bil-Jabar, Liwat, Qazaf Drinking Intoxicating Drinks and Irtidad
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Hadd punishment shall not be imposed for qazaf in any of the following cases —
a person has committed qazaf against any of his descendants;
the person who commits qazaf has died;
qazaf has been proved to be true.
Where before the execution of hadd punishment —
the complainant withdraws the allegation of qazaf;
the complainant’s syahid retract their evidence or the complainant states that any of his syahid has given false evidence until the number of the syahid is less than two in accordance with
Hukum Syara’;
the complainant states that the person who commits qazaf has made a false confession; or
the complainant pardons the person who commits qazaf, hadd punishment shall not be enforced, but the Court may order retrial or impose the punishment under section 98(4) on the basis of the evidence before the Court.
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In this section, “descendant” means a person’s biological children, whether male or female.
Court
“Court” means the Syariah Courts established under section 6(1) of the Syariah Courts Act;
syahid
“syahid” has the same meaning assigned to it under section 3(1) of the Syariah Courts Evidence Order, 2001;
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