ENACTMENT No. 13 OF 2015 SYARIAH CRIMINAL CODE (II) (1993) 2015
PART III - EVIDENCE
Section 44. Iqrar
(1) The best confession to convict the accused and make him liable to hudud punishment is his own confession.
(2) The confession must be made voluntarily and without any force before a Judge and shall afterwards be repeated before the trial Judge during the course of the trial, and if the trial is one of adultery the confession shall be repeated four times before the Judge during the course of the trial:
Provided that both the making and the repetition of theconfession must be without any threat, promise or inducement and must clearly prove in detail that the accused has actually committed the offence with which he is charged and that he understands that he will be punished for making such confession.
(3) The confession shall only be admissible against the accused that makes it, and cannot be used against any other person; and to be valid the confession must not be retracted confession.