1[(1B) Where any person has been arrested by the armed forces or civil armed forces under section 5,
he shall be handed over to the investigating officer of the police station designated for the purpose
by the Provincial Government in each District.]
(2) Any default on the part of an officerincharge of a police station, an investigating officer or any other
person required by law to perform any functions in connection with the investigation, that results in, or has the
effect of, delaying investigation or submission of the report under subsection (1), shall be deemed to be a
willful disobedience of the orders of the 2[Antiterrorism Court] and the person committing the default shall be
liable to be punished for contempt of Court.
(3) The 2[Antiterrorism Court] may directly take cognizance of a case triable by such court without the
case being sent to it under section 190 of the Code.
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(5) Where, in a case triable by 2[an Antiterrorism Court] an accused has been released from police
custody,4[or custody of any other investigating agency joined in an investigation] under section 169 of the
Code, or has been remanded to judicial custody, the 2[Antiterrorism Court] may, on good grounds being shown
by a public Prosecutor or a Law officer of the Government, for reasons to be recorded in writing, make an
order for placing him in police custody 4[custody of any other investigating agency joined in investigation] for
the purpose of further investigation in the case.
(6) 2[An Antiterrorism Court] shall be deemed to be a Magistrate for purpose of 2[subsection] (5).
1[(7) The Court shall, on taking cognizance of a case, proceed with the trial from daytoday and shall
decide the case within seven days, failing which the matter shall be brought to the notice of the Chief Justice of
the High Court concerned for appropriate directions, keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case.]
5[(8) An Antiterrorism Court shall not give more than two 1[adjournments during the trial of the case and
that also imposition of exemplary costs]. If the defense counsel does not appear after two consecutive
adjournments, the Court may appoint a State Counsel with at least seven years standing in criminal matters for
the defense of the accused from the panel of advocates maintained by the Court for the purpose in consultation
with the Government and shall proceed with the trial of the case.
(8a) Noncompliance with the provisions of subsection 1[(7) or] may render the presiding officer of the
Court liable to disciplinary action by the concerned High Court.
(8b) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 7 of the Explosive Substance Act, 1908 (VI of 1908),
or any other law for the time being in force, if the consent or sanction of the appropriate authority, where
required, is not received within thirty days of the submission of challan in the Court, the same be deemed to
have been given or accorded and the Court shall proceed with the trial of the case.]
1 Subs. and ins. by Act VI of 2014, s.3.
2 Subs. and ins. by Act XIII of 1999, s.2.
3 Omitted by Act XXXIX of 2001, s.9.
4 Ins. by Ord. VI of 2002, s.7.
5 Subs. and ins. by Act 11 of 2005, s.9.
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