PECA 2016 § 51 — Power to make rules

Statutory text (English)

(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official
Gazette, make rules for carrying out purposes of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may specify,—
(a) qualifications and trainings of the officers and staff of the investigation agency
and prosecutors;
(b) powers, functions and responsibilities of the investigation agency, its officers
and prosecutors;
(c) standard, operating procedures of the investigation agency;
(d) mode and manner in which record of investigation under this Act may be
maintained;
(e) manner to deal with the seized data, information system, device or other articles;
(f) working of joint investigation teams;
(g) requirements for seeking permission of the Authority to change, alter or
re-programme unique device identifier of any communication equipment by any
person for research or any other legitimate purpose;
1[(h) procedure for seeking appropriate order of the Authority for removal, or
blocking of online content;]
(i) constitution of computer emergency response team and the standard operating
procedure to be adopted by such team;
(j) appointment of designated agency having capability to collect real time
information;
(k) manner of coordination between the investigation agency and other law
enforcement and intelligence agencies including designated agency;
(l) for management and oversight of the forensic laboratory;
(m) qualifications and trainings of the officers, experts and staff of the forensic
laboratory;
(n) powers, functions and responsibilities of the forensic laboratory, its officers,
experts and staff;
(o) standard operating procedures of the forensic laboratory to interact with the
investigation agency;
(p) manner of soliciting and extending international cooperation; 1[*]
(q) matters connected or ancillary thereto 1[; and]
1[(q) provision of fines for contravention of the provisions of this Act and rules made
thereunder.]

Source and verification

Source citation: PECA 2016 (Act XL of 2016) s.51: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PREVENTION OF ELECTRONIC CRIMES ACT, 2016' (incl. Act XXXVII of 2023 & Act II of 2025 amendments), p. 37, 38, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 37, 38) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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