ENACTMENT NO. 10 OF 2004
SYARIAH CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 2004
PART VIII - PLEADINGS
Section 65. Form of defence.
(1) Every defence shall be signed by the defendant or his
Syar'ie
Lawyer and shall –
(a) either
admit or deny every material allegation of the fact in the statement of claim;
(b) state
concisely any new facts on which the defendant relies by way of defence; and
(c) raise
concisely and without argument any necessary matters of law.
(2) A denial under paragraph (1)
(a)
shall not be evasive but shall answer the point of substance.
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