CrPC § 99A — Power to declare certain publications forfeited and to issue search-warrants for

Statutory text (English)

the same.—
(1) Where—
(a) any newspaper, or book as defined in the 3[West Pakistan Press and Publications
Ordinance, 1963(W.P.Ord. XXX of 1963), or any other law relating to press and
publications for the time being in force,] or
(b) any document,
wherever printed, appears to the 4[Provincial Government] to contain any 5[treasonable or]
seditious matter 6[or any matter which is prejudicial to national integration] 7[or any matter which
promotes or is intended to promote feelings of enmity or hatred between different classes of 8[the
citizens of Pakistan]]. 9[or which is deliberately and maliciously intended to outrage the religious
feelings of any such class by insulting the religion or the religious beliefs of that class], 10[or any
matter of the nature referred to in clause (jj) of sub-section

(1) of section 24 of the West Pakistan
Press and Publications Ordinance, 1963,( W.P.XXX of 1963)] that is to say,
any matter the publication of which is punishable under 1[section 123A or] section 124A 2[or
section 153A] 3[or section 295A] 4[or section 298A or section 298B or section 298C] of the
Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), the 5[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the
6[official Gazette], stating the grounds of its opinion, declare every copy of the issue of the
newspaper containing such matter, and every copy of such book or other document to be forfeited
to 7[Government],and thereupon any police-officer may seize the same wherever found in
8[Pakistan] and any Magistrate may by warrant authorize any police-officer not below the rank of
sub-inspector to enter upon and search for the same in any premises where any copy of such issue
or any such book or other document may be or may be reasonably suspected to be.

(2) In sub-section

(1) “document” includes also any painting, drawing or photograph, or other
visible representation.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.99A: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 53, 54, 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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