QSO 1984 § Article 89 — Proof of other public documents

Statutory text (English)

The following public documents may be proved as
follows: —

(1) Acts orders or notifications of the Federal Government in any of its departments, or of
any Provincial Government or any department of any Provincial Government—by the
records of the departments, certified by the heads of those departments respectively, or
by any document purporting to be printed by order of any such Government;

(2) the proceedings of the Legislatures,—by the journal of those bodies respectively, or by
published Acts or abstracts, or by copies purporting to be printed by order of the
Government concerned ;

(3) the Acts of the Executive or the proceedings of the Legislature of a foreign country,— by
journals published by their authority, or commonly received in that country as such or by
a copy certified under the seal of the country or sovereign or by a recognition thereof in
some Federal Act;

(4) the proceedings of a municipal body in Pakistan,—by a copy of such proceedings,
certified by the legal keeper thereof, or by a printed book purporting to be published by
the authority of such body ;

(5) public documents of any other class in a foreign country,—by the original, or by a copy
certified by the legal keeper thereof, with a certificate under the seal of a notary public,
or of a Pakistan Consul or diplomatic agent, that the copy is duly certified by the officer
having the legal custody of the original, and upon proof of the character of the document
according to the law of foreign country.

Source and verification

Source citation: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984) Art. 89: 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. 45, 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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