Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

CrPC § 99B — Application to High Court to set aside order of forfeiture

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Statutory text (English)

9[
(1)] Any person having
any interest in any newspaper, book or other document, in respect of which an order of forfeiture
has been made under section 99A, 10[or any other law for the time being in force] may, within two
months from the date of such order, apply to the High Court to set aside such order on the ground
that the issue of the newspaper, or the book or other document, in respect of which the order was
made, did not contain any 11[treasonable or] 12[seditious or other matter of such a nature as is
referred to in sub-section

(1) of section 99A].
13[
(2) Nothing in sub-section

(1) shall apply to a case where the order of forfeiture has been
made—
(a) in respect of a newspaper, book or other document printed outside Pakistan ; or
(b) in respect of a newspaper, book or other document on the conviction, in respect of such
newspaper, book or other document, of the author or editor thereof for any of the
offences referred to in sub-section

(1) of section 99A.]

Source and verification

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