(2) if the accused in any such case is not represented by a pleader, or if the Judge or Magistrate
considers his personal attendance necessary, he may, if he thinks fit, and for reasons to be recorded by him,
either adjourn such inquiry or trial, or order that the case of such accused be taken up or tried separately.]
541. Power to appoint place of imprisonment.(1) Unless when otherwise provided by any law for the
time being in force, the 1[Provincial Government] may direct in what place any person liable to be
imprisoned or committed to custody under this Code shall be confined.
(2) Removal to criminal jail of accused or convicted persons who are in confinement in civil jail,
and their return to the civil jail. If any person liable to be imprisoned or committed to custody under this
Code is in confinement in a civil jail, the Court or Magistrate ordering the imprisonment or committal may
direct that the person be removed to a criminal jail.
(3) When a person is removed to a criminal Jail under 2[subsection (2)], he shall, on being released
there from, be sent back to the civil jail, unless either
(a) three years have elapsed since he was removed to the criminal jail, in which case he shall be
deemed to have been discharged from the civil jail under Section 3[58 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908),]: or
(b) the Court which ordered his imprisonment in the civil jail has certified to the officer in charge of
the criminal jail that he is entitled to be discharged under Section [58 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908)].
4
542. [Power of Presidency Magistrate to order prisoner in jail to be brought up for
examination.] Rep. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951 (26 of 1951), S. 3 and II
Schedule.
543. Interpreter to be bound to Interpret truthfully. When the services of an interpreter are required
by any Criminal Court for the interpretation of any evidence or statement, he shall be bound to state the true
interpretation of such evidence or statement.
544. Expenses of�� complainants and witnesses. Subject to any rules5 made by the 6[Provincial
Government], 7* * * any Criminal Court may, if it thinks fit, order payment, on the part of Government, of
the reasonable expenses of any complainant or witness attending for the purposes of any inquiry, trial or
other proceeding before such Court under this Code.
1 Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”.
2 Subs. for “subsection(1)” by the Repealing and Amending act, 1924 (7 of 1924), s.2 and Sch. I.
3 Subs. by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s.2 and Sch., for “342 of the Code Civil Procedure”.
4 Subs. by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s.2 and Sch., for “341 of the Code of Civil Procedure”.
5 For rules, see the different local Rules and Orders.
6 Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”.
7 The words “with the previous sanction of the G.G; in C”. rep. by the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920), s. 2 and Sch. I.
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