QSO 1984 § Article 91 — Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence

Statutory text (English)

Whenever any document is
produced before any Court, purporting to be a record or memorandum of the evidence, or of any part
of the evidence, given by a witness in a judicial proceeding or before any officer authorized by law to
take such evidence or to be a statement or confession by any prisoner or accused person, taken in
accordance with law, and purporting to be signed by any Judge or Magistrate or by any such officer
as aforesaid, the Court shall presume—
that the document is genuine; that any statements as to the circumstances under which it
was taken, purporting to be made by the person signing it, are true, and that such
evidence, statement or confession was duly taken.

Source and verification

Source citation: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984) Art. 91: 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, 46, 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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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 45, 46) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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