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Section 15

Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional

of Syariah Court Evidence (Federal Territories) Act 1997

ActIn forceProvision 14 of 131
Section 15

When there is a question whether an act was accidental or intentional or done with a particular knowledge or intention, the fact that the act formed part of a series of similar occurrences, in each of which the person doing the act was concerned, is qarinah.

A is employed to receive fitrah as amil from the public. It is A’s duty to make entries in a book showing the amounts received by him. He makes an entry showing that on a particular occasion he received less than he really did receive.

The question is whether this false entry was accidental or intentional.

The fact that other entries made by A in the same book are false and that the false entry is in each case in favour of A are qarinah.