(a) likely to result in the person’s appearance at the time and place required 1[including very
high bail sureties]; or
(b) necessary in the interests of justice or for the prevention of crime 1[including surveillance
of the person granted bail to monitor his activities and requiring him to report to the
concerned police station at specified intervals as determined by the court].
(6) It shall be lawful for the person to be held in military or police protective custody in
accordance with the conditions of his bail.
(7) The Government or the Court may, under this section, at any time, in respect of a person
charged of an offence under this Act, if it considers it necessary, by special or general order, direct
special arrangements to be made as to the place at which the person is to be held in order:
(a) to prevent his escape; or
(b) to ensure his safety or the safety of others.
21E. Remand. (1) Where a person is detained for investigation, the investigating Officer, within
twentyfour hours of the arrest, excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest
to the Court, shall produce the accused before the Court, and may apply for remand of the accused to
police custody, 2[or custody of any other investigating agency joined in the investigation] for which
the maximum period allowed may be not less than 1[fifteen days and not more] than thirty days at
one time:
Provided that, where an accused cannot within twentyfour hours be produced before the Court,
a temporary order for police custody 1[or custody of any other investigating agency joined in the
investigation] not exceeding twentyfour hours may be obtained form the nearest Magistrate for the
purpose of producing the accused before the Court within that period.
(2) No expansion of the time of the remand of the accused in police custody 1[or custody of any
other investigating agency joined in the investigation] shall be allowed, unless it can be shown by the
investigating Officer, to the satisfaction of the Court that further evidence may be available and the
Court is satisfied that no bodily harm has been or will be caused to the accused:
Provided that the total period of such remand shall not exceed 1[ninety] days.
(3) The Court shall be deemed to be a Magistrate for purposes of subsection (1) 1[:]
1[Provided that the Magistrates appointed under the Shariah NizameAdl Regulation, 2009 shall
also have the same powers as given to a court under this section.]
1[21EE. Power to call information etc. (1) The Superintendent of Police during the course of
investigation or an equivalent officer of security forces operating in aid of civil power under section 4
and 5,
1 Ins. by the Antiterrorism (Second Amdt.) Act, 2013 (XX of 2013), ss. 14, 15 and 16.
2 Ins. by the Ordinance No. 06 of 2002, s. 12.
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