ENACTMENT NO. 9 OF 1993 SYARIAH CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1993
PART VIII – PLEADINGS
Section 54. Form of defence.
Every defence shall -
(a) either admit or deny every material allegation of fact in the statement of claim; a denial must not be evasive, but must answer the point substance;
(b) state concisely any new facts in which the defendant relies by way of defence or in mitigation of damages;
(c) raise concisely and without argument any necessary matters of law; and
(d) be signed by the defendant or his Peguam Syarie.