(2) Record of evidence when offender unknown. If it appears that an offence punishable with death or
[imprisonment for life] has been committed by some person or persons unknown, the High Court may direct
that any Magistrate of the first class shall hold an inquiry and examine any witnesses who can give evidence
concerning the offence. Any depositions so taken may be given in evidence against any person who is
subsequently accused of the offence, if the deponent is dead or incapable of giving evidence or beyond the
limits of 2[Pakistan].
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CHAPTER XLII
PROVISIONS AS TO BONDS
513. Deposit instead of recognizance. When any person is required by any Court or officer to execute
a bond, with or without sureties, such Court or officer may, except in the case of a bond for good behaviour,
permit him to deposit a sum of money or Government promissory notes to such amount as the Court or
officer may fix, in lieu of executing such bond.
514. Procedure on forfeiture of bond._ (1) Whenever it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court by
which a bond under this Code has been taken, or of the Court of a 4* * * Magistrate of the first class, or,
when the bond is for appearance before a Court, to the satisfaction of such Court, that such bond has been
forfeited, the Court shall record the grounds of such proof, and may call upon any person bound by such
bond to pay the penalty thereof, or to show cause why it should not be paid.
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(2) If sufficient cause is not shown and the penalty is not paid, the Court may proceed to recover the
same by issuing a warrant for the attachment and sale of the moveable property belonging to such person or
his estate if he is dead.
(3) Such warrant may be executed within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Court which issued it;
and it shall authorize the 5[attachment] and sale of any moveable property belonging to such person without
such limits, when endorsed by the 6[District Officer (Revenue)] 7* * * within the local limits of whose
jurisdiction such property is found.
(4) If such penalty is not paid and cannot be recovered by such attachment and sale, the person so
bound shall be liable, by order of the Court which issued the warrant, to imprisonment in the civil jail for a
term which may extend to six months.
1 Subs. by the Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1974 (25 of 1974), s.2 and Sch., for “transporation” (w.e.f. 1341972).
2 Subs. by the Central Laws (Statue Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s.3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for “the Provinces and the Capital of the Federation”, which had
been subs. by A.O., 1949, Arts. 3 (2) and 4, for “British India”.
3 S. 514 applies to all cases requiring security for good behaviour under the Punjab Frontier Crossing Regulation, 1873 (7 of 1873), s.6.
4 The words “Presidency Magistrate or” omitted by A.O., 1949, Sch.
5 Subs. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1923 (18 of 1923), s. 139, for “distress”.
6 Subs. by Ord. 37 of 2001, s.70 (w.e.f 14082001).
7 The words “or Chief Presidency magistrate” omitted by A.O., 1949. Sch.
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