ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 1991 EVIDENCE ENACTMENT OF THE SYARIAH COURT 1991
PART III - PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE CHAPTER 9 - TO ENSURE THE EVIDENCE OF THE WITNESSES ARE TRUE
Section 121. Secret examination.
(1) Secret examination shall be made with secret letter in which the Judge write down the name of the plaintiff or the Prosecution and the matter which is claimed or accused, the name of the witness, identification, occupation, place of resident, to identify and elaborate the witness clearly.
(2) The information is sealed in an envelope and then given to person choosen to be the witness examiner, on being received and read by the witness examiner he shall write below the witness name with word "adil" if he found the witness adil and "not adil" if he found the witness "not adil", signed and returned the letter to the Judge.
(3) When the' secret letter is returned to the Judge and the word "adil" is not given by the examiner of the witness, but a word having the meaning of "not adil" express or implied, the Judge may require the plaintiff or the Prosecution to produce other witness.
Explanation - If the examiner writes that the witness are, "not adil";or he could not determine their condition or their condition is undeterminable or write "Wallahu 'A' alam' or the examiner did not write anything the Judge shall not admit the evidence of the witnesses.