CrPC § 88 — Attachment of property of person absconding

Statutory text (English)

(1) The Court issuing a proclamation under section
87 may at any time order the attachment of any property, movable or immovable, or both, belonging to the
proclaimed person.

(2) Such order shall authorize the attachment of any property belonging to such person within the
district in which it is made; and it shall authorize the attachment of any property belonging to such person
without such district when endorsed by the 2[Sessions Judge] 1* * *within whose district such property is
situate.

(3) If the property ordered to be attached is a debt or other movable property, the attachment under this
section shall be made—
(a) by seizure; or
(b) by the appointment of a receiver; or
(c) by an order in writing prohibiting the delivery of such property to the proclaimed person or to
any one on his behalf; or
(d) by all or any two of such methods, as the Court thinks fit.

(4) If the property ordered to be attached is immovable, the attachment under this section shall, in the
case of land paying revenue to 3[the Provincial Government], be made through the 2[District Officer
(Revenue)] in which the land is situate, and in all other cases—
(e) by taking possession ; or
(f) by the appointment of a receiver; or
(g) by an order in writing prohibiting the payment of rent or delivery of property to the proclaimed
person or to any one on his behalf; or
(h) by all or any two of such methods, as the Court thinks fit.

(5) If the property ordered to be attached consists of live-stock or is of a perishable nature, the Court
may, if it thinks expedient, order immediate sale thereof, and in such case the proceeds of the sale shall
abide the order of the Court.

(6) The powers, duties and liabilities of a receiver appointed under this section shall be the same as those
of a receiver appointed under 1[Order XL of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908)].
2[(6A) If any claim is preferred to, or objection made to the attachment of, any property attached under
this section within six months from the date of such attachment, by any person other than the proclaimed
person, on the ground that the claimant or objector has an interest in such property, and that such interest is
not liable to attachment under this section, the claim or objection shall be inquired into, and may be allowed
or disallowed in whole or in part:

Provided that any claim preferred or objection made within the period allowed by this sub-section may,
in the event of the death of the claimant or objector, be continued by his legal representative.
(6B) Claims or objections under sub-section (6A) may be preferred or made in the Court by which the
order of attachment is issued or, if the claim or objection is in respect of property attached under an order
endorsed by a
[Sessions Judge] 4* * * in accordance with the provisions of sub-section

(2), in the Court of
such Magistrate.
(6C) Every such claim or objection shall be inquired into by the Court
[or Magistrate] in which it is
preferred or made
[.]
3* * *
(6D) Any person whose claim or objection has been disallowed in whole or in part by an order under
sub-section (6A) may, within a period of one year from the date of such order, institute a suit to establish the
right which he claims in respect of the property in dispute; but subject to the result of such suit, if any, the
order shall be conclusive.
(6E) If the proclaimed person appears within the time specified in the proclamation, the Court shall
make an order releasing the property from the attachment.]

(7) If the proclaimed person does not appear within the time specified in the proclamation, the property
under attachment shall be at the disposal of 5[the Provincial Government], but it shall not be sold until the
expiration of six months from the date of the attachment
[and until any claim preferred or objection made
under sub-section (6A) has been disposed of under that sub-section], unless if is subject to speedy and
natural decay, or the Court considers that the sale would be for the benefit of the owner, in either of which
cases the Court may cause it to be sold whenever it thinks fit.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.88: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 46, 47, 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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