The primary statute governing the administration of substantive criminal law in Pakistan is the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. It offers the tools necessary for crime investigation, apprehending suspected offenders, gathering evidence, determining an accused person's guilt or innocence, and deciding on a course of action. It covers the entirety of Pakistan, but unless otherwise specified, nothing in it will impact any local or special laws currently in effect, any special authority or power granted, or any unique procedure prescribed by any other law currently in effect.
THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1898 1ACT NO. V OF 1898 [22nd March, 1898] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Criminal Procedure. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to Criminal Procedure; It is hereby enacted as follows:__
Subsection (1) of section 10 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932, provides that the Provincial Government may, by notification in the official Gazette declare that any offence punishable under section 186, 188, 189, 190, 228, 295A, 298, 505, 506 or 507 of the Pakistan Penal Code, when committed in any area specified in the notification shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, be cognizable, and thereupon the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, shall, while such notification remains in force, be deemed to be amended accordingly. Subsection (2) of section 10 ibid provides that the Provincial Government may, in like manner and subject to the like conditions, and with the like effect, declare that an offence punishable under section 188 or section 506 of the Pakistan Penal Code shall be nonbailable.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 ibid, vide notification No. JudlI3(1)/69, dated March 14, 1969, the Governor of West Pakistan has declared that any offence punishable under sections 186, 188, 189, 190, 228, 295A, 298, 505, 506 or 507 of the Pakistan Penal Code committed in any place in West Pakistan, shall be cognizable. By another notification of even number and date, the Governor of West Pakistan has declared that an offence punishable under section 188 or section 506 of the Pakistan Penal Code, committed in any place in West Pakistan, shall be nonbailable.
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