THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1898
(V OF 1898)
[22nd March, 1898]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law
relating to the Criminal Procedure
188. Liability for offences
committed outside
When a servant of
the State (whether a citizen of
Where any person
commits an offence on any ship or aircraft registered in
he may be dealt
with in respect of such offence as if it had been committed at any place within
Political Agents to certify fitness of inquiry into
charge. Provided that notwithstanding anything in any of
the preceding sections of this Chapter no charge as to any such offence shall
be inquired into in Pakistan unless the Political Agent, if there is one, for
the territory in which the offence is alleged to have been committed, certifies
that, in his opinion, the charge ought to be inquired into in Pakistan; and,
where there is no Political Agent, the sanction of [2][Federal Government] shall be inquired:
Provided also,
that any proceedings taken against any person under this section which would be
a bar to subsequent proceedings against such person for the same offence if
such offence had been committed in Pakistan shall be a bar to further
proceedings against him under the [3][Extradition Act, 1972 (XXI of 1972)], in respect
of the same offence in any territory beyond the limits of Pakistan.