CrPC § 130 — Duty of Officer Commanding troops required by Magistrate to disperse assembly

Statutory text (English)

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(1)
When 8[a police officer of the highest rank not below an Assistant Superintendent, or Deputy
Superintendent, of Police] determines to disperse any such assembly by the armed forces, he may require
any officer thereof in command of any group of persons belonging to the armed forces to disperse such
assembly with the help of the armed forces under his command and to arrest and confine such persons
forming part of it as the Magistrate 8[or such Police officer] may direct, or as it may be necessary to arrest
and confine in order to disperse the assembly or to have them punished according to law.]

(2) Every such officer shall obey such requisition in such manner as he thinks fit, but in so doing he shall
use as little force, and do as little injury to person and property, as may be consistent with dispersing the
assembly and arresting and detaining such persons.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.130: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 67, 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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