CrPC § 554 — Power of High Courts to make rules for inspection of records of subordinate Courts

Statutory text (English)

(1)
[With the previous sanction of the Provincial Government, any High Court]
* * * may, from time to
time, make rules for the inspection of the records of Subordinate Courts.

(2) Powers of
* High Courts to make rules for other purposes. Every High Court 5* * * may, from
time to time, and with the previous sanction of the
[Provincial Government],
(a) make rules for keeping all books, entries and accounts to be kept in all Criminal Courts
subordinate to it, and for the preparation and transmission of any returns or statements to be
prepared and submitted by such Courts ;
(b) frame forms for every proceeding in the said Courts for which it thinks that a form should be
provided ;
(c) make rules for regulating its own practice and proceedings and the practice and proceedings of
all Criminal Courts subordinate to it; and
(d) make rules for regulating the execution of warrants issued under this Code for the levy of fines:

Provided that the rules and forms made and framed under this section shall not be inconsistent with this
Code or any other law in force for the time being.

(3) All rules made under this section shall be published in the
[official Gazette].

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.554: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 197, 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. 197) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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