CrPC § 199B — Form of authorisation under second proviso to section 198 or 199

Statutory text (English)

(1) The authorisation of
a husband given to another person to make a complaint on his behalf under the second proviso to section
198 or the second proviso to section 199 shall be in writing, shall be signed or otherwise attested by the
husband, shall contain a statement to the effect that he has been informed of the allegations upon which the
complaint is to be founded, shall be countersigned by the Officer referred to in the said provisos, and shall
be accompanied by a certificate signed by that Officer to the effect that leave of absence for the purpose of
making a complaint in person cannot for the time being be granted to the husband.

(2) Any document purporting to be such an authorisation and complying with the provisions of sub-
section

(1), and any document purporting to be a certificate required by that sub- section shall, unless the
contrary is proved, be presumed to be genuine, and shall be received in evidence.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.199B: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 100, 101, 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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