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Pakistan Penal Code

Chapter I · Introduction

Title and extent of operation of the Code

Section 1 · Pakistan Penal Code

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This Act shall be called the 1[Pakistan] Penal Code, and shall take effect 4 * * * throughout 2[Pakistan].

Amendment notes (2)›
  1. 1Subs. by A. O., 1949, Sch., for "Indian" .
  2. 2Certain words and figures which were previously amended by A. O., 1937, and A. O., 1949, Arts. 3(2) and 4, have now been subs. by Ord. 21 of 1960, s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (w.e.f. 14th October, 1955), to read as above.

Pakistan Code, Ministry of Law and Justice, version dated 30-11-2025. Official PDF, p. 30.