CrPC § 14A — Appointnment of Special Migistrates

Statutory text (English)

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code or
any other law for the time being in force or any judgement of any court including superior courts, the
Provincial Government may appoint Special Magistrates with the powers of a Magistrate First Class
exclusively for the trial of offences relating to price control under any Provincial law or Federal law for the
time being in force.

(2) The Provincial Government or any officer authorized by the Provincial Governemnt in this behalf
may, from time to time, define local areas within which such Magistrates may exercise all or any of the
powers with which they may respectively be invested under any Provincial law or Federal law relating to
price control.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.14A: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 24, 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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