ENACTMENT NO. 11 OF 2004 SYARIAH COURTS EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 2004
PART III - PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE CHAPTER 3 - EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
Section 102. Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds
No such question as is referred to in section 101 shall be asked unless the person asking it has reasonable grounds for thinking that the imputation which it conveys is well founded.
ILLUSTRATIONS (a) A Peguam Syar'ie is instructed by another Peguam Syar'ie orreliable source that an important witness is a professional gambler. This is a reasonable ground for asking the witness whether he is a professional gambler.
(b) A Peguam Syar'ie is informed by a person in Court that an important witness is a professional gambler. The informant, on being questioned by the PeguamSyar'ie, givessatisfactory reasons for his statement. This is a reasonable ground for asking the witness whether he is a professional gambler.
(c) Awitness of whom nothing whatever is known is asked at random whether he is a professional gambler. There are here no reasonable grounds for the question.
(d) A witness of whom nothing whatever is known, being questioned as to his mode of life and means of living, gives unsatisfactory answers. This may be a reasonable ground for asking him if he is a professional gambler.