ENACTMENT NO. 2 OF 1991 EVIDENCE ENACTMENT OF THE SYARIAH COURT 1991
PART II - PROOF CHAPTER 5 - DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Section 56. Proof of document.
(1) Where the executant of a document denies the writing or execution or the liability created therein, the writing and execution of the said document shall be attested by at least two witnesses of that document.
(2) If the witnesses to the document cannot be found, the writing and execution of the document shall be proved by two witnesses who can identify the writing and signature of the writer and executant of the document.
(3) Where the witnesses or the persons referred to in subsection (2) attest the writing or signature, the executant of the document shall be bound under the liability created therein.
(4) Where the witnesses or the persons referred to in subsection (2) do not attest the writing and execution of the document unanimously, the writing and execution of the document shall be attested by at least two experts.
(5) Where the experts attest the writing and execution of the document, the executant of the document shall be bound under the liability created therein.
(6) Where a document is not proved by the aforesaid manners the person who denies the writing and execution of the document, shall subject to a demand by the plaintiff, take the oath, and if he refuses to take oath, the plaintiff may take oath and thereafter, his claim is established.