ENACTMENT NO. 10 OF 1993 SYARIAH CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1993
PART III - INFORMATION TO RELIGIOUS ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND THEIR POWER TO INVESTIGATE CHAPTER VI
Section 58. Statement to Religious Enforcement Officer not to be admitted in evidence.
(1) Subject to the law of evidence for the time being in force in the State and to subsections (2) and (4), no statement made by any person to a Religious Enforcement Officer in the course of an investigation made under this Chapter shall be used as evidence.
(2) Any statement made by any person to a Religious Enforcement Officer in the course of an identification parade may be used as evidence.
(3) If any witness (other than the accused) is called for the prosecution or for the defence, the Court shall on the request of the accused or the Syariah Prosecutor refer to any statement made by such witness to a Religious Enforcement Officer in the course of an investigation under this Chapter, and may then, if the Court thinks it expedient in the interest of justice, direct the accused to be furnished with a copy thereof, and such statement may be used as evidence in such prosecution.
(4) When any person is charged with any offence in relation to the making of false statement to a Religious Enforcement Officer in the course of an investigation under this Chapter, the statement may be used as evidence in such prosecution.