Article 3 of the 1973 Syrian constitution declares Islamic jurisprudence one of Syria's main sources of legislation.[193] The Personal Status Law 59 of 1953 (amended by Law 34 of 1975) is essentially a codified Sharia.[194] The Code of Personal Status is applied to Muslims by Sharia courts.[195] In Sharia courts, a woman's testimony is worth only half of a man's.[196]