The Investigation for fair Trial Act, 2013

Current legal status not independently verified. Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). The text below is the official Pakistan Code text as retrieved; whether it is still in force, or has since been amended or repealed, has not been independently checked.

WHEREAS it is also in order to declare the admissibility and use of the material obtained during lawful investigation under the present law, in judicial proceedings and all other legal proceedings or processes to ensure fair trial: It is hereby enacted as follows:⸻

• Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement
• Section 2: Application
• Section 3: Definitions
• Section 4: Notification of authorized officer
• Section 5: Record of Suspicious Conduct
• Section 6: Material to be placed before the Minister.--An official of the applicant who has prepared
• Section 7: Action by the Minister on the material presented t o him
• Section 8: Application for issuance of warrant
• Section 9: Judge to issue warrant in Chambers
• Section 10: Considerations for issuance of warrant
• Section 11: Issuance of warrant of surveillance or interception
• Section 12: Form of the warrant
• Section 13: Record of the orders
• Section 14: Duration of warrant of interception
• Section 15: Sanction in case of arbitrary request for warrant. Where the Judge is of the view that
• Section 16: Authorization under the warrant
• Section 17: Method of executing the Warrant
• Section 18: Indemnity for service provider
• Section 19: Immunity service provider
• Section 20: Service provider to cooperate
• Section 21: Service provider to ensure confidentiality
• Section 22: Registration of case
• Section 23: Admissibility of warrant based information
• Section 24: Presumption of validity of warrant
• Section 25: Report of expert
• Section 26: Non-discloser
• Section 27: Oversight by Review Commit tee. __ (1) A Review Committee Comprising Ministers of
• Section 28: Representation. __ (1) In case the applicant is not satisfied with the declining of the
• Section 29: Complaints against misuse of warrant
• Section 30: Powers of the Judge
• Section 31: Warrants to be served outside Pakistan
• Section 32: Warrants received from outside Pakistan
• Section 33: Confidentiality of proceedings
• Section 34: Prohibition of misuse of intercepted material
• Section 35: Unauthorized surveillance or interception
• Section 36: Power to make rules, issue guidelines and orders
• Section 37: Power to amend the Schedule
• Section 38: Act to have effect notwithstanding existing laws
• Section 39: Removal of difficulty
• SCHEDULE I: SCHEDULE I
• SCHEDULE II: SCHEDULE II
• SCHEDULE III: SCHEDULE III
• SCHEDULE IV: SCHEDULE IV