(b) Articles of War for the Armed Forces;
(c) The course of proceeding of the Central Legislature and any Legislature established under
any law for the time being in force in Pakistan;
(d) The seals of all the Courts in Pakistan and of all Courts out of Pakistan established by the
authority of the Federal Government or the Government representative, the seals of Court
of Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction and of Notaries Public and all seals which any
person is authorised to use by any Act or Regulation having the force of law in Pakistan ;
(e) The accession to office, names, titles, functions and signatures of the persons filling for the
time being any public office in Pakistan, if the fact of their appointment to such office is
notified in the official Gazette;
(f) The existence, title and national flag of every State or Sovereign recognised by the Federal
Government;
(g) The divisions of time, the geographical divisions of the world, and public festivals, facts
and holidays notified in the official Gazette;
(h) The territories under the dominion of Pakistan;
(i) The commencement, continuance and termination of hostilities between Pakistan and any
other State or body of persons;
(j) The names of the members and officers of the Court and of their deputies and subordinate
officers and assistants, and also of all officers acting in execution of its process, and of all
advocates and other persons authorized by law to appear or act before it;
(k) The rule of the road on land or at sea.
(2) In all cases referred to in clause (1), and also on all matters of public history, literature,
science or art, the Court may resort for its aid to appropriate books or documents of reference.
(3) If the Court is called upon by any person to take judicial notice of any fact, it may refuse to
do so unless and until such person produces any such book or document as it may consider necessary
to enable it to do so.
113. Facts admitted need not be proved. No fact need be proved in any proceeding which the
parties thereto or their agents agree to admit at the hearing, or which, before the hearing, they agree
to admit by any writing under their hands, or which by any rule or pleading in force at the time they
are deemed to have admitted by their pleadings:
Provided that the Court may, in its discretion, require the facts admitted to be proved otherwise
than by such admissions.
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