Section 17. Definitions of admission. (SYARIAH COURTS EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 1992

ENACTMENT NO. 16 OF 1992
SYARIAH COURTS EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 1992

PART I - RELEVANCY
CHAPTER II - QARINAH

Section 17. Definitions of admission.

(1) An admission is a statement, oral, documentary or using gesture, made by a person that he is under some obligation to another person in respect of some right, and which is made by any person and under any circumstances hereinafter mentioned.

(2) An admission made outside a Court may only be accepted if it is made before two adil witnesses.

(3) An admission by an agent to a party in the proceeding made before a Syarie Judge shall be accepted.

(4) An admission in case of adultery shall be accepted if made before the Court.