CrPC § 260 — Power to try summarily

Statutory text (English)

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code,—
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(b) any Magistrate of the first class specially empowered in this behalf by the
[Provincial Government], and
(c) any Bench of Magistrates invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the first class and
especially empowered in this behalf by the 1[Provincial Government],
may, if he or they think fit, try in a summary way all or any of the following offences:—
(a) offences not punishable with death, transportation or imprisonment for a term exceeding six
months;
(b) offences relating to weights and measures under sections 264, 265 and 266 of the Pakistan Penal
Code (XLV of 1860);
(c) hurt, under section 2[clause (i) of section 337A] of the same Code;
(d) theft, under sections 379, 380 or 381 of the same Code, where the value of the property stolen
does not exceed 2[ten thousand rupees];
(e) dishonest misappropriation of property under section 403 of the same Code, where the value of
the property misappropriated does not exceed 2[ten thousand rupees] ;
(f) receiving or retaining stolen property under section 411 of the same code, where the value of
such property does not exceed 2[ten thousand rupees];
(g) assisting in the concealment or disposal of stolen property, under section 414 of the same Code,
where the value of such property does not exceed
[ten thousand rupees];
(h) mischief, under section 427 of the same Code;
(i) house-trespass, under section 448, and offences under sections 451,
[453, 454], 456 and 457 of
the same Code ;
(j) insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, under section 504, and criminal intimidation,
under section 506, of the same Code;
[(jj) offence of personation at an election under section 171F of the same Code;]
(k) abetment of any of the foregoing offences;
(l) an attempt to commit any of the foregoing offences, when such attempt is an offence;
(m) offences under section 20 of the Cattle-trespass Act, 1871 (I of 1871):
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(2) When in the course of a summary trial it appears to the Magistrate or Bench that the case is one
which is of a character which renders it undesirable that it should be tried summarily, the Magistrate or
Bench shall recall any witnesses who may have been examined and proceed to re-hear the case in manner
provided by this Code.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.260: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 118, 119, 120, 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. 118, 119, 120) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription;…

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