Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984
132 sections, in full, as enacted. This is legal information, not legal advice.
- s. 1Short title, extent and commencement
- s. 2Interpretation
- s. 4Judges and Magistrates
- s. 5Communications during marriage
- s. 6Evidence as to affairs of State
- s. 7Official communications
- s. 8Information as to commission of offences
- s. 9Professional communications
- s. 10Article 9 to apply to interpreters, etc
- s. 11Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence
- s. 12Confidential communications with legal advisers
- s. 13Production of title deed of witness, not a party
- s. 15Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate
- s. 16Accomplice
- s. 17Competence and number of witnesses
- s. 20Facts which are the occasion, cause or effect of facts in issue
- s. 21Motive, preparation and previous or subsequent conduct
- s. 22Facts necessary to explain or introduce relevant facts
- s. 23Things said or done by conspirator in reference to common design
- s. 24When facts not otherwise relevant become relevant
- s. 26Facts relevant when right or custom is in question
- s. 27Facts showing existence of state of mind, or of body, or bodily feeling
- s. 28Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional
- s. 29Existence of course of business when relevant
- s. 30Admission defined
- s. 32Admission by persons whose position must be proved as against party to suit
- s. 33Admission by persons expressly referred to by party to suit
- s. 34Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf
- s. 35When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant
- s. 36Admissions in civil cases when relevant
- s. 38Confession to police-officer not to be proved
- s. 39Confession by accused while in custody of police not to be proved against him
- s. 40How much of information received from accused may be proved
- s. 44Accused persons to be liable to cross-examination
- s. 45Admission not conclusive proof but may estop
- s. 48Entries in books of account when relevant
- s. 49Relevancy of entry in public record made in performance of duty
- s. 50Relevancy of statements in maps, charts and plans
- s. 52Relevancy of statements as to any law contained in law-books
- s. 54Previous judgments relevant to bar a second suit or trial
- s. 55Relevancy of certain judgments in probate, etc
- s. 57Judgments, etc
- s. 59Opinions of experts
- s. 60Facts bearing upon opinions of experts
- s. 61Opinion as to hand-writing when relevant
- s. 62Opinion as to existence of right or custom, when relevant
- s. 63Opinion as to usages, tenets, etc
- s. 64Opinion on relationship when relevant
- s. 65Grounds of opinion when relevant
- s. 66In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed irrelevant
- s. 67In criminal cases previous good character relevant
- s. 68Previous bad character not relevant, except in reply
- s. 69Character as affecting damages
- s. 70Proof of facts by oral evidence
- s. 71Oral evidence must be direct
- s. 72Proof of contents of documents
- s. 73Primary evidence
- s. 75Proof of documents by primary evidence
- s. 76Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given
- s. 77Rules as to notice to produce
- s. 79Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested
- s. 80Proof where no attesting witness found
- s. 81Admission of execution by party to attested document
- s. 82Proof when attesting witness denies the execution
- s. 83Proof of document not required by law to be attested
- s. 84Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved
- s. 85Public documents
- s. 87Certified copies of public documents
- s. 88Proof of documents by production of certified Copies
- s. 89Proof of other public documents
- s. 90Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies
- s. 91Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence
- s. 92Presumption as to genuineness of documents kept under any law
- s. 93Presumptions as to maps or plans made by authority of Government
- s. 94Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decision
- s. 95Presumption as to powers-of-attorney
- s. 96Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
- s. 97Presumption as to books, maps and charts
- s. 98Presumption as to telegraphic messages
- s. 99Presumption as to due execution, etc
- s. 100Presumption as to documents thirty years old
- s. 101Certified copies of documents thirty years old
- s. 103Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement
- s. 104Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts
- s. 105Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts
- s. 108Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc
- s. 109Who may give evidence of agreement varying terms of document
- s. 110Saving of provisions of Succession Act relating to wills
- s. 113Facts admitted need not be proved
- s. 114Estoppel
- s. 115Estoppel of tenant and of licensee of person in possession
- s. 116Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange bailee or licensee
- s. 117Burden of proof
- s. 118On whom burden of proof lies
- s. 119Burden of proof as to particular fact
- s. 120Burden of proving fact to be proved to make evidence admissible
- s. 121Burden of proving that case of accused comes within exceptions
- s. 122Burden of proving fact especially within knowledge
- s. 123Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years
- s. 124Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years
- s. 126Burden of proof as to ownership
- s. 128Birth during marriage conclusive proof of legitimacy
- s. 129Court may presume existence of certain facts
- s. 130Order of production and examination of witnesses
- s. 131Judge to decide as to admissibility of evidence
- s. 132Examination-in-chief, etc
- s. 133Order of examinations
- s. 134Cross-examination of person called to produce a document
- s. 135Witnesses to character
- s. 136Leading questions
- s. 137When leading questions must not be asked
- s. 138When leading questions may be asked
- s. 139Evidence as to matters in writing
- s. 140Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing
- s. 141Questions lawful in cross-examination
- s. 142When witness to be compelled to answer
- s. 144Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds
- s. 145Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds
- s. 146Indecent and scandalous question
- s. 147Procedure of Court in cases of defamation, libel and slander
- s. 148Questions intended to insult or annoy
- s. 149Exclusion of evidence to contradict answers to questions testing veracity
- s. 150Question by party to his own witness
- s. 151Impeaching credit of witness
- s. 152Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact admissible
- s. 155Refreshing memory
- s. 156Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in Article 155
- s. 157Right of adverse party as to writing used to refresh memory
- s. 158Production of documents
- s. 159Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice
- s. 160Using, as evidence, of document production of which was refused on notice
- s. 161Judge’s power to put questions or order production