CrPC § 475 — Delivery of lunatic to care of relative or friend

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whenever any relative or friend of any
person detained under the provisions of section 466 or section 471 desires that he shall be delivered to his
care and custody, the 2[Provincial Government] may, upon the application of such relative or friend and on
his giving security to the satisfaction of such 2[Provincial Government] that the person delivered shall-
(a) be properly taken care of and prevented from doing injury to himself or to any other person, and
(b) be produced for the inspection of such officer, and at such times and places, as the 1[Provincial
Government] may direct, and
(c) in the case of a person detained under section 466, be produced when required before such
Magistrate or Court,
order such person to be delivered to such relative or friend.

(2) If the person so delivered is accused of any offence the trial of which has been postponed by reason
of his being of unsound mind and incapable of making his defence, and the inspecting officer referred to in
sub-section

(1), clause (b), certifies at any time to the Magistrate or Court that such person is capable of
making his defence, such Magistrate or Court shall call upon the relative or friend to whom such accused
was delivered to produce him before the Magistrate or Court ; and, upon such production, the Magistrate or
Court shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of Section 468, and the certificate of the inspecting
officer shall be receivable as evidence.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.475: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 166, 167, 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. 166, 167) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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