CrPC § 154 — Information in cognizable cases (FIR)

Statutory text (English)

Every information relating to the commission of a cognizable
offence if given orally to an officer in charge of a police-station, shall be reduced to writing by him or under
his direction, and be read over to the informant ; and every such information, whether given in writing or
reduced to writing as aforesaid, shall be signed by the person giving it, and the substance thereof shall be
entered in a book to be kept by such officer in such form as the 1[Provincial Government] may prescribe in
this behalf [:]2
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Provided that if the information is given by the woman against whom an offence under section 336B,
section 354, section 354A, section 376 or section 509 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860)
is alleged to have been committed or attempted, than such information shall be recorded by an investigating
officer in presence of a female police officer or a female family member or any other person with consent of
the complainant, as the case may be.

Provided further that if the information, given by the woman against whom an offence under section 336B, section
354, section 354A, section 376 or section 509 of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860) is alleged to have
been committed or attempted, is distressed such information shall be recorded by an investigating officer at residence
of the complainant or at a convenient place of the complainant's choice in presence of a police officer or family
member or any other person with consent of the complainant, as the case may be.].

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.154: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 77, 78, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production. Replaces earlier partial/condensed placeholder text (v2).

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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 77, 78) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription replacing the…

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