Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

CrPC § 261 — Power to invest Bench of Magistrates invested with less powers

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Statutory text (English)

The
[Provincial
Government] 3[on the recommendation of the High Court,] may confer on any Bench of Magistrates
invested with the powers of a Magistrate of the second or third class power to try summarily all or any of the
following offences:—
(a) offences against the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), sections 277, 278, 279, 285, 286,
289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 8[337A (i), 337L

(2), 337H

(2)], 341, 352, 426,
[447 and 504];
(b) offences against Municipal Acts, and the conservancy clauses of Police Acts which are
punishable only with fine or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month
[with or
without fine] ;
(c) abetment of any of the foregoing offences ;
(d) an attempt to commit any of the foregoing offences, when such attempt is an offence..

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.261: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 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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