CrPC § 386 — Warrant for levy of fine

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whenever an offender has been sentenced to pay a
fine, the Court passing the sentence may take action for the recovery of the fine in either or
both of the following ways, that is to say, it may
(a) issue a warrant for the levy of the amount by attachment and sale of any movable
property belonging to the offender;
(b) issue a warrant to the 4[District Officer (Revenue)] authorising him to realise the
amount by execution according to civil process against the movable or immovable
property, or both, of the defaulter:

Provided that, if the sentence directs that in default of payment of the fine the offender
shall be imprisoned, and if such offender has undergone the whole of such imprisonment in
default, no Court shall issue such warrant. 5* * *

(2) The 1[Provincial Government] may make rules2 regulating the manner in which warrants
under sub-section

(1), clause (a), are to be executed, and for the summary determination of any
claims made by any person other than the offender in respect of any property attached in execution
of such warrant.

(3) Where the Courts issue a warrant to the 3[District Officer (Revenue)] under sub-section

(1), clause (b), such warrant shall be deemed to be a decree, and the Collector to be the decree-
holder, within the meaning of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), and the nearest Civil
Court by which any decree for a like amount could be executed shall, for the purposes of the said
Code, be deemed to be the Court which passed the decree, and all the provisions of that Code as to
execution of decrees shall apply accordingly:

Provided that no such warrant shall be executed by the arrest or detention in prison of the
offender.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.386: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 144, 145, 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. 144, 145) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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