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THE REMOVAL OF ACCUSED PERSONS ACT, 1973 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement  
2. Removal of prisoners, etc. 
3. [Omitted] 
 
 

 
 
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THE REMOVAL OF ACCUSED PERSONS ACT, 1973 
ACT NO. LXIII OF 1973 
[15th September, 1973] 
An Act to provide for the removal of accused persons from one Province to another. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the removal of accused persons from one 
Province to another; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:— 
1. Short title, extent a nd commencement.—(1) This A ct may be called the Removal of 
Accused Persons Act, 1973. 
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. 
(3) it shall come into force at once. 
2. Removal of prisoners, etc.— Notwithstanding anything contained in any oth er law for 
the time being in force, the Federal Government may, by general or special order, provide for 
the removal of any accused person or class of accused persons held in custody in any Province to 
any other Province to be held in custody therein. 
3. 1 [ Omitted] 
 
 
 
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RGN Date: 20-05-2024 
1Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance No. XXVII of 1981, s.3 and sch. II.