CrPC § 516A — Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain cases

Statutory text (English)

When any
property regarding which any offence appears to have been committed, or which appears to have been used
for the commission of any offence, is produced before any Criminal Court during any inquiry or trial, the
Court may make such order as it thinks fit for the proper custody of such property pending the conclusion of
the inquiry or trial, and, if the property is subject to speedy or natural decay, may, after recording such
evidence as it thinks necessary, order it to be sold or otherwise diposed of [:]
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Provided that, if the property consists of explosive substance, the Court shall not order it to be sold or
handed over to any person other than a Government department or office dealing with, or to an authorised
dealer in, such substances [:]4
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Provided further that if the property is a dangerous drug, intoxicant, intoxicating liquor or any other
narcotic substance seized or taken into custody under the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 (II of 1930), the
Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), the Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order, 1979 (P.O. 4 of 1979), or
any other law for the time being in force, the Court may, either on an application or of its own motion and
under its supervision and control, obtain and prepare such number of samples of the property as it may deem
fit for safe custody and production before it or any other Court and cause destruction of the remaining
portion of the property under a certificate issued by it in that behalf:

Provided also that such samples shall be deemed to be whole of the property in an inquiry or
proceedings in relation to such offence before any authority or Court."]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.516A: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 182, 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. 182) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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