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 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

PRESENTED TO SIR GOHAR

PRESENTED BY GROUP 6
ROLL NUMBER 16,17,27,28,36

SEMESTER 7TH (BLUE)

DATE 04-12-2022
DEPARTMENT SCHOOL OF LAW
TOPIC

JUSTICE OF PEACE
 CONTENTS

 INTRODUCTION
 RELEVANT PROVISIONS
 APPOINTMENT
 POWERS OF JUSTICE OF PEACE
 FUNCTIONS OR DUTIES OF JUSTICE OF PEACE
 CONCLUSION
 INTRODUCTION

Concept of Justice of Peace is not new. It

has been originated from concept of keep
of peace in England. With the passage of
time, role of Justice of peace has gradually
been grown in different countries. In
Pakistan, justice of peace play important
role in administrative in Pakistan.
  Relevant Provisions

Section 22, 22A, 22B Cr.P.C (code of criminal Procedure)

  Appointment

The provincial government can

appointed Justice of peace through
the notification in official Gazette and
also described its subject of rules and
specified period of its appointment.
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 Powers of Justice of Peace

 Under the Criminal Procedure code, following are the
powers

 i. Arrest
 Justice of peace possesses those powers, which police officer
possesses to make arrest without warrant, and which officer incharge
of police station possesses to arrest of vagabonds, habitual robbers,
etc.
 ii. Powers after arrest
 When justice of peace arrests some person through exercise of powers
of police officer or officer incharge of police station.
iii. Aid from Member of Police Force
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Justice of peace has power to call upon any member of police force on duty to aid him for
following purposes

a. Taking or Preventing of escape of any Person

Justice of peace possesses powers to demand such aid in taking or preventing escape of any
person, who has participated in commission of any cognizable offence, or against whom a
reasonable complaint has been made or credible information has been received or reasonable
suspicion exists that he has so participated.

b. Prevention of Crime and Prevention of Breach of peace or Disturbance of Public

Tranquility
Justice of Peace possesses powers to demand such aid in prevention of crime in general and in
prevention of breach of peace or disturbance of public tranquility in particular.
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iv. Certificate of Identity
Justice of peace fro any local care has power to issue is
certificate about identity of any person when such person
resides within local area of such justice of peace.

v. Verification of Document
Justice of peace for any local area has power to verify any
document, which is brought before him by the person, who
resides within local area of such justice of peace.
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vi. Attestation of Document

Justice of peace for any local area has power to attest that
document, which is required by or under any law for time being in
force to be attested by magistrate.

vii. Directions for Police Authorities

Justice of peace possesses powers to issue directions to police
authorities about registration of case, Transfer of investigation,
commission of neglect, failure and excess.
 Functions or Duties of Justice of Peace

Following are functions or duties of justice of peace

i. Inquiries
When information of occurrence of any incident is received and breach of peace is involved
in such incident or when information of commission of any offence within local area of
justice of peace is received, Justice of peace is to make inquiries into the matter and give
written report of result of his inquiries to nearest magistrate and to officer in charge of
nearest police station.

ii. Prevention of removal of Thing

When information of occurrence of any incident is received and breach of peace is involved
in such incident or when information of commission of any offence within local area of
justice of peace is received and offence is cognizable, justice of peace is to prevent removal
of anything from place of occurrence of offence or is to prevent interference with it.
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iii. Assistance
If police officer is making investigation under Chapter XIV of Criminal Procedure code in
respect of commission of offence within local area of justice of peace and such police
officer requires in writing, Justice of Peace is to perform following functions.

a. Assistance for police officer

Justice of peace is to render assistance to police officer, who is making such investigation.

b. Recording of Statement
Justice of peace is to record any statement, which is made by that person, who is under
expectation of death and in respect of whom it is believed that some crime has been
committed.
 CONCLUSION

To conclude, it can be stated that officer of

justice of peace is a statutory position and
statute usually grants powers to justice of
peace and assigns duties to justice of
peace. In Pakistan, limited powers have
been granted to justice of peace and limited
duties have been assigned to justice of
peace.
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