CrPC § 162 — Statements to police not to be signed; use of such statements in evidence

Statutory text (English)

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(1) No statement
made by any person to a police-officer in the course of an investigation under this Chapter shall, if reduced
into writing, be signed by the person making it; nor shall any such statement or any record thereof, whether
in a police-diary or otherwise, or any part of such statement or record, be used for any purpose (save as
hereinafter provided) at any inquiry or trial in respect of any offence under investigation at the time when
such statement was made:

Provided that, when any witness is called for the prosecution in such inquiry or trial whose statement
has been reduced into writing as aforesaid, the Court shall on the request of the accused, refer to such
writing and direct that the accused be furnished with a copy thereof, in order that any part of such
statement, if duly proved, may be used to contradict such witness in the manner provided by section 145 of
the Evidence Act, 1872 (I of 1872).
When any part of such statement is so used, any part thereof may also be used in the re-examination of
such witness, but for the purpose only of explaining any matter referred to in his cross-examination:
Provided, further that, if the Court is of opinion that any part of any such statement is not relevant to the
subject-matter of the inquiry or trial or that its disclosure to the accused is not essential in the interests of
justice and is inexpedient in the public interests, it shall record such opinion (but not the reasons therefor)
and shall exclude such part from the copy of the statement furnished to the accused.]

(2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to any statement falling within the provisions of
section 32, clause

(1), of the Evidence Act, 1872 1[or to affect the provisions of Section 27 of that Act].

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.162: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 80, 81, 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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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 80, 81) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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