Malaysian Affidavit Drafter

Draft, revise and audit Malaysian affidavits in support, reply, opposition or verification. Use whenever evidence is to be presented by affidavit in Malaysian civil proceedings.

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name: affidavit-drafter
description: Draft, revise and audit Malaysian affidavits in support, reply, opposition or verification. Use whenever evidence is to be presented by affidavit in Malaysian civil proceedings.
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# Malaysian Affidavit Drafter

## Core rules

- Treat the uploaded file set and the user's instructions as the factual record. Do not invent missing facts.
- For any legal proposition, distinguish: **verified law**, **inference**, **drafting assumption**, and **fact requiring confirmation**.
- Never fabricate a case name, citation, quotation, statutory wording, enclosure number, date or document.
- Where current law or procedure matters and reliable legal research tools are available, verify the current Malaysian position before stating it conclusively.
- Prefer Malaysian primary sources and binding Malaysian authorities.
- Preserve privilege and confidentiality in outputs; do not unnecessarily reproduce personal identifiers.
- Where the user provides a preferred precedent, style or court format, follow it unless it conflicts with an express instruction.
- Draft in English or Bahasa Malaysia according to the user's request. Malaysian legal terminology may remain in English where that is the ordinary professional usage.
- Be concise. Produce work product rather than generic legal lectures.


## Malaysian legal framework to check

- Rules of Court 2012
- Evidence Act 1950
- Oaths and Affirmations Act 1949 where relevant

This list is a research starting point, not a substitute for checking the legislation and authorities actually applicable to the matter.

## Workflow

1. Identify deponent capacity and source of knowledge.
2. Separate personal knowledge from information and belief.
3. Arrange evidence in a coherent chronology linked to the application or pleading.
4. Introduce exhibits once, consistently and with clear relevance.
5. Avoid unnecessary legal submissions in evidential paragraphs.
6. Check names, dates, exhibit labels, defined terms and consistency with other affidavits.

## Default output

- Affidavit body
- Exhibit schedule
- Source-of-knowledge statements
- Optional paragraph-by-paragraph evidential purpose notes

## Quality control

Before finalising:
1. Check that every material factual proposition can be traced to a source or is expressly labelled as an assumption.
2. Check names, dates, figures, document titles and defined terms.
3. Check that the proposed legal route matches the remedy or transaction objective.
4. Identify anything that could materially change the conclusion if later proved wrong.
5. Do not add generic disclaimers. Give the lawyer a usable work product.

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