CrPC § 527 — Power of Provincial Government to transfer cases and appeals

Statutory text (English)

(1) The
[Provincial
Government] may, by notification in the
[Official Gazette], direct the transfer of any particular
* case or
appeal from one High Court to another High Court, or from any Criminal Court subordinate to one High
Court, to any other Criminal Court of equal or superior jurisdiction subordinate to another High Court,
whenever it appears to 8[it] that such transfer will promote the ends of justice, or tend to the general
convenience of parties or witnesses:
[
Provided that no case or appeal shall be transferred to a High Court or other Court in another
Province without the consent of the Provincial Government of that Province.]

(2) The Court to which such case or appeal is transferred shall deal with the same as if it had been
originally instituted in, or presented to, such Court.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.527: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 187, 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. 187) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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