CrPC § 482 — Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under section 480

Statutory text (English)

(1) If
the Court in any case considers that a person accused of any of the offences referred to in section 480 and
committed in its view or presence should be imprisoned otherwise than in default of payment of fine, or that
a fine exceeding two hundred rupees should be imposed upon him, or such Court is for any other reason of
opinion that the case should not be disposed of under section 480, such Court, after recording the facts
constituting the offence and the statement of the accused as hereinbefore provided, may forward the case to
a Magistrate having jurisdiction to try the same, and may require security to be given for the appearance of
such accused person before such Magistrate, or if sufficient security is not given, shall forward such person
in custody to such Magistrate.

(2) The Magistrate, to whom any case is forwarded under this section, shall proceed to hear the
complaint against the accused person in manner hereinbefore provided.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.482: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 169, 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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