ENACTMENT NO. 1 OF 1966 SHAR'IYAH COURTS AND MUSLIM MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ENACTMENT, 1966
PART III - MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Section 76. Presumption of death.
(1) If the husband of any married woman has died, or is believed to have died, or has not been heard of over a prolonged period, in such circumstances that he ought, for the purpose of enabling his wife to remarry, to be presumed in accordance with any sects of Hukum Shara' to be dead, but death certificate under the Births and Death Registration Ordinance, 1957, cannot be obtained, a Kadhi may on the application of the wife and after such enquiry as may be proper, issue in accordance with Hukum Shara' a certificate of presumption of death of the husband, and thereafter the wife shall be at liberty to remarry in accordance with the provisions of this Enactment, and such certificate shall be deemed to be a certificate of the death of the husband within the meaning of sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b)of section 64 of this Enactment.
(2) In the circumstances aforesaid, a woman shall not be entitled to remarry in the absence of a certificate issued under sub-section (1) of this section, notwithstanding that the High Court may have given leave to presume the death of the husband.
(3) A certificate issued under sub-section (1) of this section shall be registered as if it effected a divorce.