ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2002
SHARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCE (HUDUD AND QISAS)
TERENGGANU ENACTMENT 1423H/2002M


PART IX - EVIDENCE



Section 47. Iqrar.

(1) The best evidence to convict the accused and make him liable to hudud punishment is his own iqrar.

(2) The iqrar must be made voluntarily and not under coercion before a judicial officer and shall later be repeated before the trial Judge during the course of the trial; and if the trial is one of zina the iqrar shall be repeated four times before the Judge during the course of the trial:

(3) The iqrar shall be admissible only against the accused who makes it, and cannot be used against any other person; and to be valid the iqrar must not be a retracted iqrar.




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