CrPC § 505 — Parties may examine witnesses

Statutory text (English)

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(1) The parties to any proceeding under this Code in which a
commission is issued, may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing which the Magistrate or Court
directing the commission may think relevant to the issue and when the commission is directed to a
Magistrate or officer mentioned in section 503, such Magistrate or the officer to whom the duty executing
such commission has been delegated shall! examine the witness upon such interrogations.]

(2) Any such party may appear before such Magistrate or
[officer] by pleader, or if not in custody, in
person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine (as the case may be) the said witness.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.505: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 177, 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. 177) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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