Section 84. Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for 4 years. (EVIDENCE (SYARIAH COURT) ENACTMENT 1994

ENACTMENT NO 3 OF 1994
EVIDENCE (SYARIAH COURT) ENACTMENT 1994

PART III - PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE
CHAPTER VI - BURDEN OF PROOF

Section 84. Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for 4 years.

Subject to Hukum Syara' and the provision of any other written law, when the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is proved that he has not been heard of for four years by those who would naturally have heard of him if he had been alive, the burden of proving that he is alive is shifted to the person who affirms it.