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
CHAPTER III
POWERS OF COURTS
A. Description of offences cognizable by
each Court
28. Offences under Penal Code. Subject to the
other provisions of this Code any offence under the Pakistan Penal Code may be
tried--
(a) by
the High Court, or
(b) by
the Courts of Sessions, or
(c) by
any other Court by which such offence is shown in the eighth column of the
second schedule to be triable [1][;]
[2][Proviso]
Illustration
A is [3][tried
by] the Session Court on a charge of culpable homicide. He may be convicted of
voluntarily causing hurt, an offence triable by a Magistrate.