CrPC § 474 — Procedure where lunatic detained under section 466 or 471 is declared fit to be released

Statutory text (English)

(1)
If such person is
[detained] under the provisions of section 466 or section 471, and such Inspector General
or visitors shall certify that, in his or their judgment, he may be
[released] without danger of his doing injury
to himself or to any other person, the
[Provincial Government] may thereupon order him to be 7[released]
or to be detained in custody, or to be transferred to a public lunatic asylum if he has not been already sent to
such an asylum ; and, in case it orders him to be transferred to an asylum, may appoint a Commission,
consisting of a judicial and two medical officers.

(2) Such Commission shall make formal inquiry into the state of mind of such person, taking such
evidence as is necessary, and shall report to the 2
[Provincial Government], which may order his
[release] or
detention as it thinks fit.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.474: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 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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