CrPC § 522 — Power to restore possession of immoveable property

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whenever a person is onvicted of an
offence,
[of cheating or forgery or of an offence] attended by criminal force
[or show of force or by
criminal intimidation] and it appears to the Court that by such 2[cheating forgery,] force 3[or Show of force
or criminal intimidation] any person has been dispossessed of any immoveable, property, the Court may, if it
thinks fit,
1[when convicting such person or at any time within one month from the date of the conviction] order
[the
person dispossessed] to be restored to the possession of the same 3[whether such property is in the possession
or under the control of [the person convicted or of any other person to whom it may have been transferred
for any consideration or otherwise.]

(2) No such order shall prejudice any right or interest to or in such immovable property which any
person may be able to establish in a civil suit.
[
(3) An order under this section may be made by any Court of appeal, confirmation, reference or
revision.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.522: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 183, 184, 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. 183, 184) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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