CrPC § 366 — Mode of delivering judgment

Statutory text (English)

(1) The judgment in every trial in any Criminal Court of original
jurisdiction shall be pronounced, or the substance of such judgment shall be explained,—
(a) in open Court either immediately after the termination of the trial or at some subsequent time of
which notice shall be given to the parties or their pleaders, and
(b) in the language of the Court, or in some other language which the accused or his pleader
understands:

Provided that the whole judgment shall be read out by the presiding Judge, if he is requested so to do
either by the prosecution or the defence.

(2) The accused shall, if in custody, be brought up, or, if not in custody, be required by the Court to
attend, to hear judgement delivered, except where his personal attendance during the trial has been
dispensed with and the sentence is one of fine only or he is acquitted, in either of which cases it may be
delivered in the presence of his pleader.

(3) No judgment delivered by any Criminal Court shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the
absence of any party or his pleader on the day or from the place notified for the delivery thereof, or of any
omission to serve, or defect in serving, on the parties or their pleaders, or any of them, the notice of such
day and place.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit in any way the extent of the provisions of section
537.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.366: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 139, 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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