CrPC § 471 — Person acquitted on such ground to be detained in safe custody

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whenever
[the finding]
states that the accused person committed the act alleged, the Magistrate or Court before whom or which the
trial has been held, shall, if such act would, but for the incapacity found, have constituted an offence, order
such person to be
[detained] in safe Custody in such place and manner as the Magistrate or Court thinks fit,
[and shall report the action taken to the
[Provincial Government]]
* * *:
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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 7[Provincial Government] may have made under the Lunacy Act,

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.471: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 165, 166, 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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