CrPC § 93 — Provisions of this Chapter generally applicable to summonses and warrants of arrest.

Statutory text (English)

The provisions contained in this Chapter relating to a summons and warrant, and their issue,
service and execution, shall, so far as may be, apply to every summons and every warrant of arrest
issued under this Code.
1[E. — Special Rules regarding processes issued for service or execution outside 2[Pakistan]
and processes received from outside 2[Pakistan] for service or execution within 2[Pakistan].
193A. Sending of summons for service outside Pakistan.-
(1) Where a Court in 2[Pakistan]
desires that a summons issued by it to an accused person shall be served at any place outside
2[Pakistan] within the local limits of the jurisdiction of a Court established or continued by the
authority of the 3[Federal Government] 4[in exercise of its foreign jurisdiction], it shall send such
summons, in duplicate, by post or otherwise, to the presiding officer of that Court to be served.

(2) The provisions of section 74 shall apply in the case of a summons sent for service under this
section as if the presiding officer of the Court to whom it was sent were a Magistrate in 2[Pakistan].
193B. Sending of warrants for execution outside Pakistan. Notwithstanding anything
contained in section 82, where a Court in 2[Pakistan] desires that a warrant issued by it for the
arrest of an accused person shall be executed at any place outside 2[Pakistan] within the local limits
of the jurisdiction of a Court established or continued by the authority of the 3[Federal Government]
4[in exercise of its foreign jurisdiction], it may send such warrant, by post or otherwise, to the
presiding officer of that Court to be executed.
193C. Service and execution in Pakistan of processes received from outside Pakistan.-
(1)
Where a Court has received for service or execution a summons to, or a warrant for the arrest of,
an accused person issued by a Court established or continued by the authority of the 3[Federal
Government] 4[in exercise of its foreign jurisdiction], outside 2[Pakistan], it shall cause the same to
be served or executed as if it were a summons or warrant received by it from a Court in 2[Pakistan]
for service or execution within the local limits of its jurisdiction.

(2) Where any warrant of arrest has been so executed the person arrested shall so far as
possible be dealt with in accordance with the procedure prescribed by sections 85 and 86.]

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Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.93: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 48, 49, 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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