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The Pakistan Penal Code (Urdu: مجموعہ تعزیرات پاکستان; Majmū'ah-yi ta'zīrāt-i Pākistān), abbreviated as PPC, is a penal code for all offences charged in Pakistan. It was originally prepared by Lord Macaulay with a great consultation in 1860 on behalf of the Government of British India as the Indian Penal Code .
Pakistan Penal Code Act XLV of 1860 This page was last edited on 29 July 2024, at 16:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
Punishment for theft liable to tazir: is stipulated in the Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860). [11] For robbery liable to hadd, the right hand of the offender and his left foot should be amputated by a surgeon. [12]
Religion-related offences on the territory of modern Pakistan were first codified by the British Raj in 1860, and were expanded in 1927. [34] Pakistan inherited that legislation when it gained independence after the partition of India in 1947. [34] Several sections of Pakistan's Penal Code comprise its blasphemy laws. [35]
After Pakistan gained independence in 1947, the Parliament retained the Penal Code, merely changing the title to Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860). Within the Penal Code, Article 377 ("Unnatural Offences") states: "Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal, shall be punished with ...
Pakistan's Blasphemy law stems from section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (6 October 1860) XLV of 1860. It states that whoever "defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to fine."
Anees Jillani opines that one of the reasons for the large number of children coming into conflict with the law is the low age of criminal responsibility, which is seven years under section 82 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 (No XLV) Additionally, section 83 of the Pakistan Penal Code says that nothing is an offense which is done by a child ...
The Agartala Conspiracy Case [b] was a sedition case in Pakistan during the rule of Ayub Khan against Awami League, brought by the government of Pakistan in 1968 against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the then leader of the Awami League and East Pakistan, and 34 other people.