CHAPTER 5
ADMISSIBILITY OF MATERIAL OBTAINED UNDER THE WARRANT
22. Registration of case.___(1) The evidence including data, information and material collected or
received pursuant to the warrant shall be examined by the officer authorized by the applicant in this behalf
and if he is satisfied that the same discloses elements of commission, harbouring, abetting or conspiring or
attempting to commit any scheduled offence, he may immediately cause registration of a report (FIR) under
Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) and in that event he shall hand over all
the evidence including material, information, and data to the concerned investigating officer so that it forms
part of his record for the purposes of investigation and prosecution:
Provided that before the evidence is handed over to the Investigating Officer, the authorized officer shall
certify that it has been collected strictly in accordance with the warrant and has not been tampered with or
altered in any manner whatsoever.
(2) If the evidence which has been collected or received in respect of scheduled offence is insufficient to
justify registration of a report (FIR) under Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of
1898), such evidence including data, information and material collected or received shall be kept confidential
in safe custody and shall not be used without the permission of the Court.
23. Admissibility of warrant based information.__(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
QanuneShahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. 10 of 1984) or any other law for the time being in force, the evidence
including data, information, documents or any other material collected or received under this Act shall be
admissible as evidence in the legal proceedings.
(2) Nothing contained in subsection (1), shall debar the admissibility of evidence collected or received,
prior to the coming into force or this Act, under the provisions of any other law for the time being in force.
24. Presumption of validity of warrant. The warrant of surveillance or interception whenever presented
in the Trial court or any other court, shall be presumed to have been validly and lawfully issued.
(2) The intercepted material collected or received pursuant to the warrant of surveillance or interception
under this Act and the material based on which the warrant of surveillance or interception was applied for by
the applicant shall be admissible in evidence.
25. Report of expert. In case where an analysis of the intercepted material collected pursuant to the
warrant of surveillance or interception is required, then the same shall be carried out by a person referred to in
section 3(f) being suitably qualified, trained or experienced, who shall be deemed to be an expert as described
under section 510 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) and his report shall have the
same effect as given to the report of the experts of different fields mentioned in the said section.
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