ENACTMENT NO. 5 OF 2003 SYARIAH COURT EVIDENCE (STATE OF SELANGOR) ENACTMENT 2003
PART III - PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE CHAPTER 2 - WITNESSES
Section 86. Numbers of witnesses.
(1) A claim by a person who is known to be rich that he has become a pauper is not sufficient to prove his claim unless it is corroborated by the evidence of three male witnesses.
Explanation—In the collection of zakat, admission of a rich man that he has become pauper shall not constitute sufficient proof unless it is corroborated by the evidence of three male witness.
(2) In the case of sighting of the new moon, the evidence of one male person who is ‘adil shall be sufficient to prove such fact.
(3) The evidence of one male person shall constitute sufficient proof in the following circumstances.
(a) evidence of a teacher in a case involving school children;
(b) evidence of an expert in the valuation of damaged goods;
(c) evidence as to the acceptance and rejection of witnesses;
(d) notification of dismissal of a representative;
(e) evidence as to defects in any goods for sale.
(4) Evidence of a female person is sufficient to prove any fact which is usually seen or within the knowledge of a female person.
ILLUSTRATION
Evidence of a female who breast-fed a child or that of a midwife in matters relating to menstruation, birth and breastfeeding.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this section, evidence shall be given by two male witnesses or by one male and two female witnesses.