CrPC § 167 — Procedure when investigation cannot be completed in twenty-four hours

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whenever 1[any
person is arrested and detained in custody, and it appears that the] investigation 2* * * cannot be completed
within the period of twenty-four hours fixed by section 61, and there are grounds for believing that the
accusation or information is well-founded, the officer in charge of the police-station 3[or the police-officer
making the investigation if he is not below the rank of sub-inspector] shall forthwith transmit to the nearest
Magistrate a copy of the entries in the diary hereinafter prescribed relating to the case, and shall at the same
time forward the accused 4* * * to such Magistrate.

(2) The Magistrate to whom an accused person is forwarded under this section may, whether he has or
has not jurisdiction to try the case from time to time authorize the detention of the accused in such custody
as such Magistrate thinks fit, for a term not exceeding fifteen days in the whole. If he has not jurisdiction to
try the case or 5[send] it for trial, and considers further detention unnecessary, he may order the accused to
be forwarded to a Magistrate having such jurisdiction:
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Provided that no Magistrate of the third class, and no Magistrate of the second class not specially
empowered in this behalf by the 7[Provincial Government ]shall authorise detention in the custody of the
police.]

(3) A Magistrate authorizing under this section detention in the custody of the police shall record his
reasons for so doing.
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(4) The Magistrate giving such order shall forward a copy of his order, with his reasons for making it,
to the Sessions Judge.].
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(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 60 and 61 or hereinbefore to the contrary, where
the accused forwarded under sub-section

(2) is a female, the Magistrate shall not, except in the cases
involving qatl or dacoity supported by reasons to be recorded in writing, authorise the detention of the
accused in police custody, and the police officer making an investigation shall interrogate the accused
referred to in sub-section

(1) in the prison in the presence of an officer of jail and a female police-officer.

(6) The officer in charge of the prison shall make appropriate arrangements for the admission of the
investigating police-officer into the prison for the purpose of interrogating the accused.

(7) If for the purpose of investigation, it is necessary that the accused referred to in sub-section

(1) be
taken out of the prison, the officer in charge of the police station or the police-officer making investigation,
not below the rank of sub-inspector, shall apply to the Magistrate in that behalf and
the Magistrate may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, permit taking of accused out of the prison in
the company of a female police officer appointed by the Magistrate:

Provided that the accused shall not be kept out of the prison while in the custody of the police between
sunset and sunrise].

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.167: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 85, 86, 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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