CrPC § 466 — Release of lunatic pending investigation or trial

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whenever an accused person is found to be
of unsound mind and incapable of making his defence, the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be,
[whether the case is one in which bail may be taken or not], may release him on sufficient security being
given that he shall be properly taken care of and shall be prevented from doing injury to himself or to any
other person, and for his appearance when required before the Magistrate or Court or such officer as the
Magistrate or Court appoints in this behalf.
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(2) Custody of lunatic. If the case is one in which, in the opinion of the Magistrate or Court, bail
should not be taken, or if sufficient security is not given, the Magistrate or Court, as the case may be,
shall order the accused to be detained in safe custody in such place and manner as he or it may think fit, and
shall report the action taken to the
[Provincial Government]:

Provided that no order for the detention of the accused in a lunatic asylum shall be made otherwise than
in accordance with such rules as the 6[Provincial Government] may have made under the Lunacy Act,

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.466: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 164, 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. 164) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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