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Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

CrPC § 60 — Person arrested to be taken before Magistrate or officer in charge of police-station

This page reproduces the English text stored for section 60 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The statute citation and data status are shown below.

Statutory text (English)

A police
officer making an arrest without warrant shall, without unnecessary delay and subject to the provisions
herein contained as to bail, take or send the person arrested before a Magistrate having jurisdiction in the
case, or before the officer in charge of a police-station.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.60: 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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Official Urdu text status: pending_official_urdu_text. Where official Urdu wording has not been sourced, Qanoon does not substitute an unverified translation for the statutory text.

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  • Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 39) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment version…

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