ENACTMENT NO. 9 OF 1993 SYARIAH CIVIL PROCEDURE ENACTMENT 1993
PART VIII – PLEADINGS
Section 53. Defence.
(1) An defendant who disputes his liability for the whole or part of any claim in the action may -
(a) at any time before the return day, serve on the plaintiff a notice of appearance or a defence, as the case may be, for which the notice of appearance to the summons may be used; or
(b) appear on the return day and dispute the plaintiff's claim.
(2) Where a defendant appears in Court and disputes the palintiff's claim, the Court may order him to serve a defence within such time as it may direct and impose such terms as it considers desirable.
(3) If a defendant has not, at the time of his first appearance, filed a defence and does not desire to do so, but intends to defenmd the action, the Court sgall ascertain orally the grounds of his defence, and he shall not thereafter raise other grounds of defence without leave of the Court.