(a) the serial number;
(b) the date of the commission of the offence;
(c) the date of the report or complaint;
(d) the name of the complainant (if any);
(e) the name, parentage and residence of the accused ;
(f) the offence complained of and the offence (if any) proved, and in cases coming under clause (d),
clause (e), clause (f) or clause (g) of subsection (1) of section 260 the value of the property in
respect of which the offence has been committed ;
(g) the plea of the accused and his examination (if any);
(h) the finding, and, in the case of a conviction, a brief statement of the reasons therefor ;
(i) the sentence or other final order; and
(j) the date on which the proceedings terminated.
[264. Record in appealable cases. In every case tried summarily by a Magistrate or Bench in which an
appeal lies, such Magistrate or Bench shall record the substance of the evidence and also the particulars
mentioned in section 263 and shall, before passing any sentence record a judgment in the case.]
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265. Language of record and Judgment.__(1) Records made under section 263 and judgments
recorded under section 264 shall be written by the Presiding Officer, either in English or in the language of
the Court, or, if the Court to which such presiding officer is immediately subordinate so directs, in such
officer's mothertongue.
(2) Bench may be authorized to employ clerk. The 2[Provincial Government] may authorize any
Bench of Magistrates empowered to try offences summarily to prepare the aforesaid record or judgment by
means of an officer appointed in this behalf by the Court to which such Bench is immediately subordinate,
and the record or judgment so prepared shall be signed by each member of such Bench present taking part in
the proceedings.
(3) If no such authorization be given, the record prepared by a member of the Bench and signed as
aforesaid shall be the proper record.
(4) If the Bench differ in opinion, any dissentient member may write a separate judgment.
1 Subs. by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s.2 and Sch. for “original section 264”.
2 subs. by A.O , 1973, for "L.G."
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