CrPC § 9 — Court of Session

Statutory text (English)

(1) The 7[Provincial Government] shall establish a Court of Session for every
sessions division, and appoint a Judge of such Court.

(2) The 7[Provincial Government] may, by general or special order in the official Gazette, direct at what
place or places the Court of Session shall hold its sitting; but, until such order is made, the Courts of Session
shall hold their sittings as heretofore.

(3) The 7[Provincial Government] may also appoint Additional Sessions Judges and Assistant Sessions
Judges to exercise jurisdiction in one or more such Courts.

(4) A Sessions Judge of one sessions division may be appointed by the 1[Provincial Government] to be
also an Additional Sessions Judge of another division, and in such case he may sit for the disposal of cases at
such place or places in either division as the 1[Provincial Government] may direct.

(5) All Courts of Session existing when this Code comes into force shall be deemed to have been
established under this Act.
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Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.9: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 22, 23, 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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