CrPC § 517 — Order for disposal of property regarding which offence committed

Statutory text (English)

(1) When an inquiry or a
trial in any Criminal Court is concluded, the Court may make such order as it thinks fit for the disposal
[by
destruction, confiscation, or delivery to any person claiming to be entitled to possession thereof or
otherwise] of any property or document produced before it or in its custody or regarding which any offence
appears to have been committed, or which has been used for the commission of any offence.

(2) When a High Court or Court of Session makes such order and cannot through its own officers
conveniently deliver the property to the person entitled thereto, such Court may direct that the order be
carried into effect by the 6[District Officer (Revenue)].
[
(3) When an order is made under this section such order shall not, except where the property is
livestock or subject to speedy and natural decay, and save as provided by sub-section

(4), be carried out for
one month, or, when an appeal is presented, until such appeal has been disposed of.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any Court from delivering any property under the
provisions of sub-section

(1) to any person claiming to be entitled to the possession thereof, on his executing
a bond with or without sureties to the satisfaction of the Court engaging to restore such property to the
Court if the order made under this section is modified or set aside on appeal.]

Explanation.- In this section the term "property" includes in the case of property regarding which an
offence appear to have been committed, not only such property as has been originally in the possession or
under the control of any party, but also any property into or for which the same may have been converted or
exchanged, and anything acquired by such conversion or exchange, whether immediately or otherwise.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.517: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 182, 183, 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, 183) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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