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Section 109

Detention of offenders attending in Court

of Syariah Criminal Procedure Ordinance, 2001

State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 74 of 196
Section 109

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(1)

Any person attending a Court, although not under arrest or upon a summons, may be detained by such Court for the purpose of examination for any offence of which such Court can take cognizance and which, from the evidence, he may appear to have committed and may be proceeded against as though he had been arrested or summoned.

(2)

When the detention takes place after a trial has begun, the proceedings in respect of such person shall be commenced fresh and the witnesses re-heard.