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Article 4(1)(c) of this order makes it obligatory for police officers to prevent
harassment of women and children and to ensure that the rights and privileges of a
person taken in custody are protected.
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Specific provisions to eliminate torture are included under articles 155, 156 and
157 of the 2002 Order.
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Chapter II deals with the responsibilities and duties of the police, and clearly lays
down that it shall be the duty of every police officer to: behave with the members
of the public with due decorum and courtesy; protect the life, property and liberty
of citizens; ensure that the rights and privileges, under the law, of a person taken
in custody are protected; ensure that the information about the arrest of a person is
promptly communicated to a person of his/her choice; and bring information
before the competent court and to apply for a summon, warrant/search warrant or
such other legal process as may, by law, be issued against any person suspected of
committing an offence.
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Article 114 deals with the code of conduct for police officers. It empowers
provincial and capital city police offices to issue codes of conduct to regulate
police practices in respect of the exercise of statutory powers of stop and search,
searching of premises, detention, treatment and questioning of suspects.
514.
The Government further informed that the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance
was passed in 2000 to protect the rights of children. Convicted children are sent to reform
schools for juvenile offenders. These have been established in Karachi and Bahawalpur
to impart education and vocational training to the offenders.
515.
Recommendation (c) stated: Legislation should be adopted to abolish the
remaining use of corporal punishment, namely, that provided for hadd and as
punishment for prison disciplinary offences. Pending abolition, medical personnel
should comply with medical ethics by refraining from cooperating in the execution
of such punishment.
516.
Recommendation (d) stated: The use of bar fetters and similar instruments
of restraint should be terminated. Other instruments of restraint should be resorted
to only within the limits laid down by the Standard Minimum Rules for the
Treatment of Prisoners.
517.
Recommendation (e) stated: To the extent that further legislation is needed,
the law should recognize as a criminal offence the unlawful detention of any person
and the detention of any person in a place of detention not officially designated as
such. Such legislation should be vigorously enforced.
518.
The Government informed that all police stations of the Federal Investigation
Agency are declared as such by the Ministry of Interior.
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