ENACTMENT NO 3 OF 1994 EVIDENCE (SYARIAH COURT) ENACTMENT 1994
PART I - RELEVANCY CHAPTER II - RELEVANCY OF FACTS Opinions of Third Persons when relevant
Section 35. Opinions 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 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 document 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.
ILLUSTRATION
The question is whether a given letter is written by A to his wife.
Evidence is given by B, the secretary of A who regularly reads A's writing.
The evidence given by B is relevant though B never saw A write the letter.