CrPC § 22B — Duties of Justices of the Peace

Statutory text (English)

Subject to such rules as may be made by the Provincial
Government, every Justice of the Peace for any local area shall—
(a) on receipt of information of the occurrence of any incident involving a breach of the peace, or of
the commission of any offence within such local area, forthwith make inquiries into the matter
and report in writing the result of his inquiries to the nearest Magistrate and to officer incharge
of the nearest police station;
(b) if the offence referred to in clause (a) is a cognizable offence, also prevent the removal of
anything from, or the interference in any way with, the place of occurrence of the offence;
(c) when so requuested in writing by a police-officer making an investigation under Chapter XIV in
respect of any offence committed within such local area,—
(i) render all assistance to the police-officer in making such an investigation;
(ii) record any statement made under expectation of death by a person in respect of whom a
crime is believed to have been committed.]
23 and 24. [Justices of the Peace for the Presidency-towns. Present Justices of Peace.] Rep. by the
Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1923 (XII of 1923), s.4.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.22B: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 26, 27, 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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