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Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC)

CrPC § 338 — Power to grant or tender pardon

This page reproduces the English text stored for section 338 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The statute citation and data status are shown below.

Statutory text (English)

At any time before the judgment is passed, the High Court or
the Court of Session trying the case may, with the view of obtaining on the trial the evidence of any person
supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in, or privy to any such offence, tender, or order the
6[officer-in-charge of the prosecution in the district] to tender, a pardon on the same condition to such
person 7[:]
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Provided that no person shall be tendered pardon who is involved in an offence relating to hurt or
qatl without permission of the victim or, as the case may be, of the heirs of the victim.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.338: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 126, 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. 126) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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