CrPC § 539A — Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servant

Statutory text (English)

(1) When any application is made to any
Court in the course of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code, and allegations are made
therein respecting any public servant, the applicant may give evidence of the facts alleged in the application
by affidavit, and the Court may, if it thinks fit, order that evidence relating to such facts be so given.
An affidavit to be used before any Court other than a High Court under this section may be sworn or
affirmed in the manner prescribed in Section 539, or before any Magistrate.
Affidavits under this section shall be confined to, and shall state separately, such facts as the deponent is
able to prove from his own knowledge and such facts as he has reasonable grounds to believe to be true,
and, in the latter case, the deponent shall clearly state the grounds of such belief.

(2) The Court may order any scandalous and irrelevant matter in an affidavit to be struck out or
amended.]

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.539A: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 192, 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. 192) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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