Tender of Pardon

Tender of pardon to accomplice. (1) In the case of any offence triable exclusively by the High Court
or Court of Sessions, or any offence punishable with the imprisonment which may extend to ten years, or
any offence punishable under section 211 of the Pakistan Penal Code with imprisonment which may
extend to seven years, or any offence under any of the following sections of the Pakistan Penal Code,
namely, sections 216A, 369, 401, 435 and 477A, (the District Magistrate or a Sub-divisional Magistrate]
may, at any stage of the investigation or inquiry into, or the trail of the offence, with a view to obtaining
the evidence of any person supposed to have been directly or indirectly concerned in or privy to the
offence, tender a pardon to such person on condition of his making a full and true disclosure of the whole
of the circumstances within his knowledge relative to the offence and to every other person concerned,
whether, as principal or abettor, in the commission thereof:
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[Provided that no person shall be tendered pardon who is involved in an offence relating to hurt or qatl
without permission of the victim or, as the case may be, of the heirs of the victim.]
(1A) Every Magistrate who tenders a pardon under subsection (1) shall record his reasons for so doing, and
shall, on application made by the accused, furnish him with a copy of such record:
Provided that the accused shall pay for the same unless the Magistrate for some special reason thinks fit to
furnish it free of cost.
[(2) Every person accepting a tender under this section shall be examined as a witness in the subsequent
trial, if any.]

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