QSO 1984 § Article 77 — Rules as to notice to produce

Statutory text (English)

Secondary evidence of the contents of
the documents referred to in Article 76, paragraph (a), shall not be given unless the
party proposing to give such secondary evidence has previously given to the party in
whose possession or power the document is, or to his advocate, such notice to produce
it as is prescribed by Law, and, if no notice is prescribed by law, then such notice as the
Court considers reasonable under the circumstances of the case:

Provided that such notice shall not be required in order to render secondary evidence
admissible in any of the following cases, or in any other case in which the Court thinks
fit to dispense with it: —

(1) when the document to be proved is itself a notice ;

(2) when, from the nature of the case, the adverse party must know that he will be
required to produce it;

(3) when it appears or is proved that the adverse party has obtained possession of
the original by fraud or force ;

(4) when the adverse party or his agent has the original in Court ;

(5) when the adverse party or his agent has admitted the loss of the document ;

(6) when the person in possession of the document is out of reach of, or not subject to, the
process of the Court.

Source and verification

Source citation: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984) Art. 77: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE QANUN-E-SHAHADAT ORDER 1984 (LAW OF EVIDENCE)' (P.O. No. X of 1984, last amended 2017-02-16 incl. Act No. IV of 2017), p. 42, 43, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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