QSO 1984 § Article 147 — Procedure of Court in cases of defamation, libel and slander

Statutory text (English)

When a person is
prosecuted or sued for making or publishing an imputation of a defamatory, libellous or
slanderous nature, the Court shall not, before it has recorded its findings on the issues
whether such person did make or publish such imputation, and whether such imputation is
true, permit any question to be put to any witness for the purpose of injuring the character of
the person in respect of whom such imputation, has or is alleged to have, been made, or any
other person, whether dead or alive, in whom he is interested, except in so far as any such
question may be necessary for the purpose of determining the truth of the imputations
alleged to have been made or published.

Source and verification

Source citation: Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. X of 1984) Art. 147: 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. 63, 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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