CrPC § 59 — Arrest by private persons and procedure on such arrest

Statutory text (English)

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(1) Any private person may arrest any
person who in his view commits a non-bailable and cognizable offence, or any proclaimed offender, and
without unnecessary delay, shall make over any person so arrested to a police-officer, or, in the absence of a
police-officer, take such person or cause him to be taken in custody to the nearest police-station.]

(2) If there is reason to believe that such person comes under the provisions of section 54, a police-
officer shall re-arrest him.

(3) If there is reason to believe that he has committed a non-cognizable offence, and he refuses on the
demand of a police-officer to give his name and residence, or gives a name or residence which such officer
has reason to believe to be false, he shall be dealt with under the provisions of section 57. If there is no
sufficient reason to believe that he has committed any offence, he shall be at once released.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.59: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 39, 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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