CrPC § 487 — Certain Judges and Magistrates not to try offences referred to in section 195 when committed

Statutory text (English)

before themselves.-
(1) Except as provided in sections
[476,]
* 480 and 485, no Judge of a Criminal Court
or Magistrate, other than a Judge of a High Court
* * *, shall try any person for any offence referred to in
section 195, when such offence is committed before himself or in contempt
of his authority, or is brought
under his notice as such Judge or Magistrate in the course of a judicial proceeding.
* * * * *
[CHAPTER XXXVI. [ of the Maintenance of Wives and Children.] Omitted by Federal Laws
(Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981( XXVII of 1981), s. 2 and second schedule.

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Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.487: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 171, 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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