Pakistan Penal Code
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Pakistan Penal Code | |
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Created | 1860 |
Author(s) | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Purpose | Governing crimes and punishment |
The Pakistan Penal Code (
History
The draft of the Indian Penal Code was prepared by the First Law Commission and it was chaired by
Though it is principally the work of a man who had hardly held a brief, and whose time was devoted to politics and literature, it was universally acknowledged to be a monument of codification and an everlasting memorial to the high juristic attainments of its distinguished author. For example, even cyber crimes can be punished under the code.
Jurisdiction
- Section 1.
Title and extent of operation of the Code. This Act shall be called the Pakistan Penal Code, and shall take effect throughout Pakistan.
- Section 4
The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by:-
- (1) any citizen of Pakistan or any person in the service of Pakistan in any place without and beyond Pakistan;
- (4) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in Pakistan wherever it may be.
Explanation: In this section the word "offence" includes every act committed outside Pakistan which, if committed in Pakistan, would be punishable under this Code. Extension of Code to extraterritorial offences.
Punishments
- Section 53.
The punishments to which offenders are liable under the provisions of this Code are:
- First, Qisas ("retribution");
- Second, Diyat;
- Third, Arsh− (Pre-specified Compensation);
- Fourth, Daman (Compensation determined by court to be paid by the offender to the victim for causing hurt not liable to Arsh);
- Fifth, Ta'zir (punishment, usually corporal, that can be administered at the discretion of a judge)
- Sixth, Death;
- Seventh, Imprisonment for life;
- Eighth, Imprisonment which is of two descriptions, namely:--
- Rigorous (i.e., with hard labour);
- Simple;
- Ninth, Forfeiture of property;
- Tenth, Fine
First five punishments are added by amendments and are considered Islamic Punishments, and very few have been sentenced to these punishments so far. Anyone who is sentenced to the first five punishments can appeal to the Federal Shariat court.
See also
- Section 420
- Court system of Pakistan
- Blasphemy law in Pakistan
- Copyright protection in Pakistan
- Gay rights in Pakistan
- Hudood Ordinance
- Women related laws in Pakistan
References
- ^ "Private Bills - Penal" (PDF). senate.gov.pk.
- ISBN 9788120339743.
External links
- Full text of the Pakistan Penal Code – up-to-date with all amendments – Pakistani.org
- Pakistan Penal Code 1860 – pakistancode.gov.pk