ENACTMENT NO. 08 OF 2002 SYARIAH COURT EVIDENCE (STATE OF MALACCA) ENACTMENT 2002
PART I - RELEVANCY CHAPTER 2 - QARINAH When Opinion of Third Persons is Qarinah
Section 33. Opinion of experts.
(1) When the Court has to form an opinion upon a point of foreign law or of science or art, or as to identity or genuineness of handwriting or finger impressions or relating to determination of nasab, the opinions upon that point of persons specially skilled in that foreign law, science or art, or in questions as to identity or genuineness of handwriting or finger impressions or relating to determination of nasab, are qarinah.
(2) Such persons are called experts.
(3) Two or more experts shall be called to give evidence where possible but if two experts are not available, the evidence of one expert is sufficient. If two experts give different opinions a third expert shall be called to give evidence.
ILLUSTRATIONS
The question is whether a certain document was written by A. Another document is produced which a proved or admitted to have been written by A.
The opinions of experts on the question whether the two documents were written by the same person or by different persons are qarinah.