Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (CrPC)
- CrPC was enacted in? 1898
- CrPC deals with? Procedure of criminal law
- The Act extends to? Whole of Pakistan
- Total number of sections in CrPC? 565
- CrPC is also called? Procedural law
Chapter VIII – Security for Keeping the Peace
- Chapter VIII relates to? Security for keeping peace and good behavior
- Section 107 empowers Magistrate to demand? Bond for keeping peace
- Section 108 deals with? Security for good behavior from persons disseminating seditious matters
- Section 109 applies to? Suspected persons
- Section 110 applies to? Habitual offenders
- Period of bond under Section 107 is up to? 1 year
- Magistrate empowered to take bond? Executive Magistrate
- Failure to give bond leads to? Imprisonment
Chapter X – Maintenance of Public Order and Tranquility
- Section 133 relates to? Removal of public nuisance
- Section 144 empowers Magistrate to? Issue orders in urgent cases of nuisance/ danger
- Order under Section 144 remains in force for? 2 months (extendable to 6 months with Govt. approval)
- Section 145 relates to? Disputes concerning land or water likely to cause breach of peace
- Section 147 relates to? Disputes over right of use of land or water
- Section 144 is often used to? Ban unlawful assemblies
- Magistrate issuing order under 144? District Magistrate / Sub-Divisional Magistrate
Jurisdiction of Criminal Courts
- Chapter XIII deals with? Jurisdiction of criminal courts in inquiries and trials
- Section 177 states that offence shall be tried by? Court within local jurisdiction
- Section 179 deals with offences? Where act is done and consequence ensues
- Section 181 deals with? Certain offences committed while on journey
- Section 182 applies to? Offences committed by letters, telecommunication etc.
- Section 185 empowers? High Court to decide place of trial
Conditions Requisite for Initiation of Proceedings
- Chapter XIV deals with? Cognizance of offences by courts
- Section 190 empowers Magistrates to? Take cognizance of offences
- Cognizance can be taken on? Complaint, police report, or information
- Section 193 states Sessions Court can take cognizance only when? Case is committed to it by Magistrate
- Section 195 restricts courts from taking cognizance of offences relating to? Contempt of lawful authority of public servants
- Section 197 provides protection to? Public servants from prosecution without sanction
- Section 200 relates to? Examination of complainant
- Section 202 empowers Magistrate to? Postpone issue of process and inquire into the case
- Section 204 deals with? Issue of summons or warrant
Summary Trials
- Chapter XXII deals with? Summary trials
- Section 260 empowers Magistrates of? First Class to try cases summarily
- Section 262 states maximum sentence in summary trial? 3 months
- Section 263 prescribes? Record in summary trials
- Section 264 requires Magistrate to? Record substance of evidence and judgment
- Summary trials are meant for? Quick disposal of minor cases
- Petty offences under CrPC are? Triable summarily
- Section 265 says procedure of? Warrant cases in summary trial
Additional Questions
- Chapter VIII ensures? Prevention of breach of peace
- Chapter X ensures? Maintenance of public order
- Chapter XIII ensures? Proper jurisdiction of trial
- Chapter XIV ensures? Proper initiation of proceedings
- Chapter XXII ensures? Speedy justice
- Section 144 orders are appealable to? High Court
- CrPC 1898 provides? Foundation of criminal procedure in Pakistan.
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