QSO 1984 § Article 96 — Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records

Statutory text (English)

(1) The Court may
presume that any document purporting to be a certified copy of any judicial record of any country not
forming part of Pakistan is genuine and accurate, if the document purports to be certified in any
manner which is certified by any representative of the Federal Government in or for such country to
be the manner commonly in use in that country for the certification of copies of Judicial records.

(2) An officer who, with respect to any territory or place not forming part of Pakistan, is a
political Agent therefor, as defined in section 3, clause

(40), of the General Clauses Act, 1897(X of
1897) shall for the purposes of clause

(1), be deemed to be a representative of the Federal
Government in or for the country comprising that territory or place.

Source and verification

Source citation: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984) Art. 96: 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. 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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