CrPC § 541 — Power to appoint place of imprisonment

Statutory text (English)

(1) Unless when otherwise provided by any law for the
time being in force, the
[Provincial Government] may direct in what place any person liable to be
imprisoned or committed to custody under this Code shall be confined.

(2) Removal to criminal jail of accused or convicted persons who are in confinement in civil jail,
and their return to the civil jail. If any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this
Code is in confinement in a civil jail, the Court or Magistrate ordering the imprisonment or committal may
direct that the person be removed to a criminal jail.

(3) When a person is removed to a criminal Jail under
[sub-section

(2)], he shall, on being released
there from, be sent back to the civil jail, unless either-
(a) three years have elapsed since he was removed to the criminal jail, in which case he shall be
deemed to have been discharged from the civil jail under Section
[58 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908),]: or
(b) the Court which ordered his imprisonment in the civil jail has certified to the officer in charge of
the criminal jail that he is entitled to be discharged under Section 4[58 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908)].

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.541: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 193, 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. 193) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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