CrPC § 435 — Power to call for records of inferior Courts

Statutory text (English)

(1) The High Court or any Sessions Judge or District
Magistrate, or any Subdivisional Magistrate empowered by the 1[Provincial Government] in this behalf, may
call for and examine the record of any proceeding before any inferior Criminal Court situate within the local
limits of its or his jurisdiction for the purpose of satisfying itself or himself as to the correctness, legality or
propriety of any finding, sentence or order recorded or passed, and as to the regularity of any proceedings of
such inferior Court 2[and may, when calling for such record, direct that the execution of any sentence be
suspended and, if the accused is in confinement, that he be released on bail or on his own bond pending the
examination of the record.
3[Explanation:- All Magistrates, shall be deemed to be inferior to the Sessions Judge for the purposes of
this sub-section.]

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Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.435: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 161, 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. 161) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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