Section 9. An offence to be considered as qazaf. (SHARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCE (HUDUD AND QISAS)

ENACTMENT NO. 4 OF 2002
SHARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCE (HUDUD AND QISAS)
TERENGGANU ENACTMENT 1423H/2002M

PART III - QAZAF

Section 9. An offence to be considered as qazaf.

(1) Any person who alleges of being raped by a particular person without putting forth evidence requires by Syarak or without any evidence of qarinah to support the allegation shall be guilty of an offence of qazaf.

(2) A complaint by a female that she has been raped by a particular person without being ever to produce witnesses as required but there exist qarinah, must be investigated and if the conditions required by Syarak is not sufficient to punish the offender with hudud and on the contrary there was enough evidence which was unrebutted either directly or indirectly that the offender has committed the act of sexual intercourse on the said female by force and against her will the offender shall be punished under takzir and the female cannot be said to have committed qazaf.