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| Name: | Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860). |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Subject(s): | Criminal and penal law |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1860-10-16 |
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| ISN: | PAK-1860-L-64050 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=64050&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Exhaustive Commentary on the Pakistan Penal Code, 2002, Munir Ahmad Khan, Khyber Law Publisher, Pakistan, 1383 p. Legislation on-line  Pakistan Code, Government of Pakistan PDF of Code as amended to 16/02/2017 (consulted on 2017-08-23) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Penal Code of Pakistan. Contains 23 Chapters. Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: General Explanations. Chapter 3: Punishments. Chapter 4: General Exceptions. Chapter 5: Abetment. Chapter 5a: Criminal Conspiracy. Chapter 6: Offences against the State. Chapter 7: Offences relating to Army, Navy and Air Force. Chapter 8: Offences against public tranquility. Chapter 9: Offences relating to public servants. Chapter 9a: Offences relating to elections. Chapter 10: Contempts of lawful authority of public servants. Chapter 11: False evidence and offences against public justice. Chapter 12: Offences relating to coins and government stamps. Chapter 13: Offences relating to weights and measures. Chapter 14: Offences affecting public health, safety, conveyence, decency and morals. Chapter 15: Offences relating to religion. Chapter 16: Offences affecting human body. Chapter 16a: Wrongful restraint and wrongful confinement. Chapter 17: Offences against property. Chapter 18: Offences relating to documents and to trade in property marks. Chapter 19: Criminal breach of contractors of service. Chapter 20: Offences relating to marriage. Chapter 21: Defamation. Chapter 22: Criminal intimidation, insult and annoyance. Chapter 22: Attempts to commit offences. |
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