Article 85: Public documents.— The following documents are public documents: —

Public documents.— The following documents are public documents: — (1) documents forming the acts or records of the acts — (i) of the sovereign authority ; (ii) of official bodies and tribunals, and (iii) of public officers, legislative, Judicial and executive, of any part of Pakistan, or of a foreign country; (2) public records kept in Pakistan of private documents; (3) documents forming part of the records of judicial proceedings ; (4) documents required to be maintained by a public servant under any law ; and (5) registered documents the execution whereof is not disputed. [(6) certificates deposited in a repository pursuant to the provisions of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance, 2002.]

Effective date: 1984-10-28

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