Headquarters, or by the commanding officer or the officer or record officer having the custody of the
records of any portion of those forces or of any of the ships of Pakistan Navy to which such person
appears to have belonged, or alleges that he belongs or had belonged, shall be evidence of the facts
stated in such letter, return or other document.
(2) Any Army, Navy or Air Force list or Gazette purporting to be pub lished by authority shall be
evidence of the status and rank of the officers or warrant officers therein mentioned, and of any
appointment held by them and of the unit or branch of the service to which they belong.
(3) Where a record is made in any service book in pursuance of this Act or of any rules made
thereunder or otherwise in pursuance of duty and pur ports to be signed by the commanding officer or
by the officer whose duty it is to make such record, such record shall be evidence of the facts therein
stated.
(4) A copy of any record in any service book purporting to be certified to be a true copy by the
officer having the custody of such book shall be evidence of such record.
(5) Where any person subject to this Act is being tried on a charge of desertion or of absence
without leave and such person has surrendered himself into the custody of, or has been apprehended
by, any officer, or any portion, of the armed forces of Pakistan, a certificate purporting to be signed
by such officer, or by the commanding officer of that portion of the armed forces and stating the fact,
date and place of such surrender or apprehension, shall be evidence of the matters so stated.
(6) Where any person subject to this Act is being tried on a charge of desertion or of absence
without leave and such person has on arrest or surren der been taken to a police station in Pakistan, a
certificate purporting to be signed by the officer,
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