Pakistan law · 1898
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
Pakistan's core procedural code for criminal investigation, trial, bail, appeals, and enforcement of criminal process.
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The Code of Criminal Procedure regulates the machinery of criminal justice: criminal courts, arrest, investigation, inquiry, trial, evidence-taking, bail, sentencing, appeals, revisions, and execution of orders.
Pakistan Code currently labels this consolidated text “Under Review” and does not publish a dependable latest-amendment cut-off date. Provincial amendments may also affect operation of the Code. The official PDF and explanations below must therefore be checked against the relevant Gazette and local amendments.
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Structure
Table of contents and important chapters
Criminal courts and powers
Classes of criminal courts, territorial divisions, appointments, and sentencing powers.
Arrest and process
Arrest, summonses, warrants, proclamations, attachment, searches, and production of documents.
Information and investigation
FIRs, police investigation, remand, statements, confessions, searches, and final reports.
Inquiry and trial
Cognizance, charge, sessions and magistrate trials, recording evidence, and judgment.
Bail
Bailable and non-bailable offences, post-arrest bail, further inquiry, and superior-court powers.
Appeals, reference, and revision
Appellate rights, revisional supervision, confirmation, and transfer.
Sentences and miscellaneous procedure
Execution, suspension, remission, compensation, maintenance, and inherent powers.
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Important Articles and sections
Statements and confessions
Magisterial recording, voluntariness safeguards, and forwarding to the trial court.
Read Section 164Bail in non-bailable offences
The prohibitory clause, further inquiry, statutory delay, and special categories.
Read Section 497Primary source
Official publication and local research copy
Pakistan Code marks the publication “Under Review”; provincial and later Gazette amendments must be checked.
Last source verification: 2026-07-13
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