(3) A complainant or informant who has been ordered under 1[subsection (2)] by a Magistrate of the
second or third class to pay compensation 2[or has been so ordered by any other Magistrate to pay
compensation exceeding fifty rupees] may appeal from the order, in so far as the order relates to the
payment of the compensation, as if such complainant or informant had been convicted on a trial held by
such Magistrate.
(4) When an order for payment of compensation to an accused person is made in a case which is subject
to appeal under subsection (3), the compensation shall not be paid to him before the period allowed for the
presentation of the appeal has elapsed, or, if an appeal is presented, before the appeal has been decided
3
[and, where such order is made in a case which is not so subject to appeal, the compensation shall not be
paid before the expiration of one month from the date of the order].
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5[250A. Special summons in case of petty offences.(1) Any Magistrate of the first class specially
empowered in this behalf by the Provincial Government taking cognizance of any offence punishable only
with fine shall, except for reasons to be recorded in writing, issue summons to the accused requiring him
either to appear before him on a specified date in person or by an advocate or, if he desires to plead guilty to
the charge, without appearing before the Magistrate, to transmit to the Magistrate before the specified date,
by registered post or through a messenger, the said plea in writing and the amount of fine specified in the
summons or, if he desires to appear by an advocate and to plead guilty to the charge, to authorise, in writing,
such advocate to plead guilty to the charge on his behalf and to pay the fine:
Provided that the amount of the fine specified in such summons shall not be less than twentyfive per
cent nor more than fifty per cent of the maximum fine provided for such offence.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to an offence punishable under the Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965
(W.P. Ordinance XIX of 1965), or under any other law which provides for the accused person being
convicted in his absence on a plea of guilty.]
CHAPTER XXI.[OF THE TRIAL OF WARRANT CASES BY MAGISTRATES.] Omitted by the Law
Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (XII of 1972), s.2 and Sch.
6
CHAPTER XXII
OF SUMMARY TRIALS
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260. Power to try summarily.(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Code,__
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1 Subs. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1923 (18 of 1923), s.69, for “subsection (1)”.
2 Subs. ibid., for “to an accused person”.
3 Ins. ibid.
4 Subsection (5) rep., ibid.
5 Ins. by Act XXV of 1992, s.3.
6 This chapter was amended by Act 18 of 1923, s.70.
7 For notifn. Conferring powers on the Additional City Magistrate, Karachi, to try cases summarily under this section, see Gaz. of P., 1957, Pt. VI, p.6
8 Clasue (a) omitted by Law the Reforms Ordinance, 1972, (12 of 1972), s.2 and Sch.
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