ENACTMENT NO 1 OF 1990 SYARIAH COURTS EVIDENCE ENACTMENT 1990
PART I - RELEVANCY CHAPTER 2 - RELEVANCY OF FACTS Opinions of third person when relevant
Section 35. Opinion as to handwriting when relevant
When the Court has to form an opinion as to the person by whom any document was written or signed, the opinion of any person acquainted with the handwriting of the person by whom it is supposed to have been written or signed, that it was or was not written or signed by that person, is a relevant fact.
Explanation - A person is said to be acquainted with the handwriting of another person when he has seen that person write, or when he has received documents purporting to be written by that person in answer to documents written by himself or under his authority and addressed to that person, or when, in the ordinary course of business, documents purporting to be written by that person have been habitually submitted to him.
ILLUSTRATIONS
The question is whether a certain letter from A to his wife is in his handwriting. Evidence is given by B, A's secretary, who is familiar with A's writing. The evidence of B is relevant even though B did not see A writing that letter.