QSO 1984 § Article 90 — Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies

Statutory text (English)

(1) The Court shall presume every
document purporting to be a certificate, certified copy or other document, which is by law declared to
be admissible as evidence of any particular fact and which purports to be duly certified by any officer
of the Federal Government or a Provincial Government to be genuine:

Provided that such document is substantially in the form and purports to be executed in the
manner directed by law in that behalf.

(2) The Court shall also presume that any officer by whom any such document purports to be
signed or certified, held, when he signed it, the official character which he claims in such document.

Source and verification

Source citation: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984) Art. 90: 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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