QSO 1984 § Article 85 — Public documents

Statutory text (English)

The following documents are public documents: —

(1) documents forming the acts or records of the acts:
(i) of the sovereign authority ;
(ii) of official bodies and tribunals, and
(iii) of public officers, legislative, Judicial and executive of any part of Pakistan or of a
foreign country.

(2) public records kept in Pakistan of private documents;

(3) documents forming part of the records of judicial proceedings ;

(4) documents required to be maintained by a public servant under any law ; and

(5) registered documents the execution whereof is not disputed.
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(6) certificates deposited in a repository pursuant to the provisions of the electronic
Transactions Ordinance, 2002."

Source and verification

Source citation: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984) Art. 85: 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. 44, 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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