CrPC § 528 — Sessions Judge may withdraw cases from Assistant Sessions Judge

Statutory text (English)

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(1) Any Sessions Judge
may withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to, any Assistant Sessions Judge
subordinate to him.]
[(1A) At any time before the trial of the case or the hearing of the appeal has commenced before the
Additional Sessions Judge, any Sessions Judge may recall any case or appeal Which he has made over to any
Additional Sessions Judge.
(1B) Where a Sessions Judge withdraws or recalls a case under sub-section

(1) or recalls a case or
appeal under sub-section (1A), he may either try the case in his own Court or hear the appeal himself, or
make it over in accordance with the provisions of this Code to another Court for trial or hearing, as the case
may be.]
[(1C) Any Sessions Judge may withdraw any case from, or recall any case which he has made over to,
any Magistrate subordinate to him, and may refer it for inquiry or trial to any other such Magistrate
competent to inquire into or try the same.
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(4) Any Magistrate may recall any case made over by him under section 192, Sub-section

(2), to any
other Magistrate and may inquire into or try such case himself.]
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(5)] A Magistrate making an order under *[this]
[preceding sub-section shall record in writing his
reasons for making the same.
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Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.528: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 188, 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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