PART I THE CAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA IULY 24.7023 559 a Joint Investigation Icam it shall be headed by atr lnvestigating Olficer not below the rank of BS-IE and other officers of Joint lnvestigation Team may include equivalent rank from other agencies, as the cas€ may be. fhe Joint Investrgation Team shall comprise five members and for the meeting purposes the quorum shallconsists ofthree members. constirute (3) Thc investigating officer or the Joint lnvesti8ation Team, as case may be, shall complete the invesli8ation in respect of cases triable by the courl witlir forty-five workin8 days. (4) The Coun shall, on taking cognizance oF a case under this Act, proceed with the trial on weekly basis and shall decide thc case within three months, failing which the matter shall be brought, to the noticc of lhe Chief Jusrice ofthe High Coun concemcd for appropriate directions, kecping in view the facts and circumstances ofthe case.", 7. Iosertion of new section 30A, Act XL of 2016.-ln Act XL of 2016, after section 30, the following new sections shall be inserted, namelyr "30A. Rem.rd.-{l) where a person is det ined for investigation, the investigating officer, within twe[ty-four hours of the arlen, excluding the time necessary for the joumey from the place of arr€st to the Court, shall produce the accused b€fore lhe CouG and may apply for remafld of lhe accused to police cusrdy, or custody of any other invesrgating agency joined in the inv€stigation for which the msximum period allowed must not be more than fourteen days at one time: Provided that, where an accused ca.llnot within twentyfour hours be produced before the CouG a temporary order for polic€ custody or custody of any other investigating agency joined in the investigation not exc€eding twentyfour hours may be obtained fiom the nearest Magistmte for tie purpose of producing the accused bcfore the Court within that p€riod. (2) No exlension in time ofthe remand ofthe ac.used in police custody or custody ofany other investigating agency joined in tie investigation shall b€ allowed, unless it can b€ shown by the investigating ofticer, to the satisfaction of the Court that funier evidence may b€ available and the Coun is satisfied that no bodily harm has been or will be causcd to the accused: Provided that the total period of such remand shall not in any cese cxceed thirty days. (3) The Coud shall be dcemed to be a Magistrate lor purposes of sutF section (2).". 308 protection Victim rnd wituBs prot€ction. <l) A victim and witness systcm shall be eslablished by the Federal and Provincial