CrPC § 54 — When police may arrest without warrant

Statutory text (English)

(1) Any police-officer may, without an order from a
Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest—
first, any person who has been concerned in any cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable
complaint has been made or credible information has been received, or a reasonable suspicion exists of his
having been so concerned;
secondly, any person having in his possession without lawful excuse, the burden of proving which
excuse shall lie on such person, any implement of house-breaking;
thirdly, any person who has been proclaimed as an offender either under this Code or by order of the
1[Provincial Government];
fourthly, any person in whose possession anything is found which may reasonably be suspected to be
stolen property 2[and] who may reasonably be suspected of having committed an offence with reference to
such thing ;
fifthly, any person who obstructs a police-officer while in the execution of his duty, or who
has escaped, or attempts to escape, from lawful custody ;
sixthly, any person reasonably suspected of being a deserter from 3[the armed forces of Pakistan] 4* *
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seventhly, any person who has been concerned in, or against whom a reasonable complaint has been
made or credible information has been received or a reasonable suspicion exists of his having been
concerned in, any act committed at any place out of 1[Pakistan] which, if committed in 1[Pakistan], would
have been punishable as an offence; and for which he is, under any law relating to extradition 2* * *or
otherwise, liable to be apprehended or detained in custody in 1[Pakistan.] 3*;
eighthly, any released convict committing a breach of any rule made under section 565, sub-section

(3);
4[ninthly, any person for whose arrest a requisition has been received from another police-officer,
provided that the requisition specifies the person to be arrested and the offence or other cause for which the
arrest is to be made and it appears therefrom that the person might lawfully be arrested without a warrant by
the officer who issued the requisition.]
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Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.54: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 36, 37, 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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