Chapter XVI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

Proof of qatl-i-amd liable to qisas, etc

Section 304 · Pakistan Penal Code

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(1)

Proof of qatl-i-amd shall be in any of the following forms, namely:

(a)

the accused makes before a court competent to try the offence a voluntary and true confession of the commission of the offence; or

(b)

by the evidence as provided in Article 17 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat, 1984 (P.O.

No. 10 of 1984).

(2)

The provisions of sub-section (1) shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to a hurt liable to qisas.