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  "text": "Page 1 of 3 \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE TRAFFIC OFFENCES (SPECIAL COURTS) ORDINANCE, \r\n1981 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nCONTENTS             \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2.  Definitions \r\n3. Constitution of Special Courts \r\n4. Jurisdiction of Special Court \r\n5.  Transfer of pending cases  \r\n6.  Appeal \r\n7.  Power to make rules \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nPage 2 of 3 \r\n \r\nTHE TRAFFIC OFFENCES (SPECIAL COURTS) ORDINANCE, 1981. \r\n \r\nORDINANCE No. XXXIX OF 1981 \r\n  \r\n[29th December, 1981]  \r\n \r\nAn Ordinance to constitute Special Courts for the speedy disposal of cases pertaining to traffic \r\noffences. \r\n WHEREAS it  is expedient to constitute Special Courts for the speedy disposal of cases \r\npertaining to traffic offences and for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto; \r\n  AND WHEREAS the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessar y \r\nto take immediate action; \r\n  NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 1977, read \r\nwith the Provisional Constitution Order, 1981, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that \r\nbehalf, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:— \r\n  1. Short title, extent and commencement .___(1) This Ordinance may be called the Traffic \r\nOffences (Special Courts) Ordinance, 1981. \r\n  \r\n(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. \r\n  \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n  \r\n2. Definitions . In  this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or \r\ncontext,—  \r\n  \r\n(a) “Special Court” means a Special Court constituted under section 3; and \r\n  \r\n(b) “traffic offence ” means an offence punishable under the Provincial Motor  \r\nVehicles Ordinance, 1965 (W.P Ordinance No. XIX of 1965). \r\n  \r\n 3. Constitution of Special Courts .___(1) The Provincial Government shall, by notification in \r\nthe official Gazette, constitute, for the whole or any part of the Province, a Special Court  consisting \r\nof a person who is—  \r\n \r\n(a) a local dignitary; or \r\n  \r\n(b) a member of a Local Council constituted under the law relating to local \r\ngovernment; or \r\n  \r\n(c) an advocate of not less than five years' standing; or \r\n  \r\n(d) a serving Magistrate. \r\n \r\n(2) A Special Court shall sit at such place as the Provincial Government may direct. \r\n \r\nPage 3 of 3 \r\n \r\n(3) The terms and conditions of a person appointed as a Special Court shall be such as the \r\nProvincial Government may determine. \r\n  \r\n(4) A Special Court shall have all the powers conferred by the Code of Criminal Procedure, \r\n1898 (Act V of 1898), on a Magistrate of the first Class. \r\n  \r\n(5) A Special Court shall follow the procedure prescribed by the Code of Criminal Procedure, \r\n1898 (Act V of 1898), for trial of cases by Magistrates, and a person condu cting prosecution before a \r\nSpecial Court shall be deemed to be a Public Prosecutor. \r\n  \r\n1[(5A) A Special Court may, if it thinks fit, try a traffic offence in a summary way in \r\naccordance with the provisions contained in s ections 262 to 265 of the Code of Cri minal Procedure, \r\n1898 (Act V of 1898)]. \r\n  \r\n(6) All proceedings before a Special Court shall be deemed to be judicial pro ceedings within \r\nthe meaning of sections 193 and 288 of the Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860), and the Special \r\nCourt shall be deemed t o be a Court for the purposes of s ections 480 and 482 of the Code of \r\nCriminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898). \r\n  4. Jurisdiction of Special Court .___(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of \r\nCriminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), or the Prov incial Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965 ( W.P \r\nOrdinance No. XIX of 1965), the traffic offences shall be triable exclusively by a Special Court. \r\n  \r\n(2) If in the course of a trial before the Special Court, the Court is of opinion that any of the \r\noffences which the accused is alleged to have committed is not a traffic offence, the Court shall \r\nrecord such opinion and try the accused only for such offence, if any, as is a traffic offence. \r\n  \r\n5. Transfer of pending cases .___(1) Upon the constitution of a Special Cour t, all cases to \r\nwhich the jurisdiction of the Special Court extends and which may be pending in any Court \r\nimmediately before the constitution of the Special Court shall stand transferred to the Special Court. \r\n  \r\n(2) In respect of a case transferred to a Spe cial Court by virtue of sub -section (1), the Special \r\nCourt shall not, by reason of such transfer be bound to recall and rehear any witness who has given \r\nevidence in the case before the transfer and may act on the evidence already recorded by or produced \r\nbefore the Court which tried the case before the Transfer. \r\n  \r\n6. Appeal. An appeal from a judgment of a Special Court shall lie to the Court of Session \r\n2[except in a case tried summarily in which a Special Court passes a sentence of fine not exceeding \r\ntwo thousand rupees only]. \r\n   \r\n7. Power to make r ules. The Provincial Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. \r\n  \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1 Ins. by the Traffic Offences (Special Courts) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1982 (24 of 1982), s. 2.  \r\n2 Ins. ibid., s.3.",
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