CrPC § 495 — Permission to conduct prosecution

Statutory text (English)

(1) Any Magistrate inquiring into or trying any
case may permit the prosecution to be conducted by any person other than an officer of police
below the rank to be prescribed by the 4[Provincial Government] in this behalf 5* * * but no
person, other than the Advocate General, Standing Counsel, Government Solicitor, Public
Prosecutor or other officer generally or specially empowered by the 4[Provincial Government]
in this behalf, shall be entitled to do so without such permission.

(2) Any such officer shall have the like power of withdrawing from the prosecution as
is provided by section 494, and the provisions of that section shall apply to any withdrawal by
such officer.

(3) Any person conducting the prosecution may do so personally or by a pleader.

(4) An officer of police shall not be permitted to conduct the prosecution if he has
taken any part in the investigation into the offence with respect to which the accused is being
prosecuted.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.495: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 173, 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. 173) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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