1[203DD. Revision and other Jurisdiction of the Court . (1) The Court may call for
and examine the record of any case decided by any criminal court under any law relating to
the enforcement of Hudood for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the correctness, legality
or propriety of any finding, sentence or order recorded or passed by, and as to the regularity
of any proceedings of, such court and may, when calling for such record, direct that the
execution of any sentence be suspended and, if the accused is in confinement, that he be
released on bail or on his own bond pending the examination of the record.
(2) In any case the record of which has been called for by the Court, the Court may pass
such order as it may deem fit and may enhance the sentence:
Provided that nothing in this Article shall be deemed to authorize the Court to convert a
finding of acquittal into one of conviction and no order under this Article shall be made to the
prejudice of the accused unless he has had an opportunity of being heard in his own defence.
(3) The Court shall have such other jurisdiction as may be conferred on it by or under any
law.]
203E. Powers and Procedure of the Court. (1) For the purposes of the performance of
its functions, the Court shall have the powers of a Civil Court trying a suit under the Code of
Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:__
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on
oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any document;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits; and
(d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or documents.
(2) The Court shall have power to conduct its proceedings and regulate its procedure in
all respects as it deems fit.
(3) The Court shall have the power of a High Court to punish its own contempt.
(4) A party to any proceedings before the Court under clause (1) of Article 203D may be
represented by a legal practitioner who is a Muslim and has been enrolled as an advocate of a
High Court for a period of not less than five years or as an advocate of the Supreme Court or
by a jurisconsult selected by the party from out of a panel of jurisconsults maintained by the
Court for the purpose.
(5) For being eligible to have his name borne on the panel of jurisconsults referred to in
clause (4), a person shall be an Aalim who, in the opinion of the Court, is wellversed in
Shariat.
1 Subs. by the Constitution (Second Amdt.) Order, 1982 (P. O. No. 5 of 1982), Art. 5, for "Article 203DD", which was previously ins. by P. O. No. 4 of 1980, Art. 3.
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