ENACTMENT NO. 12 OF 1994 SYARIAH COURT EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 1994
PART II - PROOF CHAPTER 5 - DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Section 56. Proof of document.
(1) Where the executant of a document denies the writing or the liability created therein, the writting and the execution of such document shall be proved at least by two witnesses to the document.
(2) A witness to the document cannot be found, the writing and the exeution of the document shall be proved by two persons who can identify the writing and signature of the writer and executant of the document.
(3) Where a witness to the document or the persons referred to in subsection (2) can identify the writing and signature, the executant of the document shall be bound by any created therein.
(4) Where the witness or the persons referred to in subsection (2) do not completely identity the writing and signature of the document, the writing and signature of the document shall be authenticated by at least two experts.
(5) Where the experts identify the writing and signature of the document, is authenticated bu an expert, the executant of the document shall be bound by the liability created therein.
(6) Where a document cannot be proved by any of the aforesaid manner, the person who denies the writing and execution of the document shall, on request by the plaintiff, take the oath, and if he refuses the plaintiff may take the oath and there after establish his claim.