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Pakistan Penal Code

Chapter VI · Of Offences Against the State

Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power

Section 124 · Pakistan Penal Code

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Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the 1[President] of 2[Pakistan], or the Governor of any 3[Province], 4[* * *] 5[* *] 6[* * *], to exercise or refrain from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of 7[the President], 8[or Governor], assaults, or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, 7[the President], 8[or Governor].

shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Amendment notes (8)›
  1. 1Substituted by A. O., 1961, Article 2, for “Governor­General” (with effect from 23rd March, 1956).
  2. 2Substituted by A. O., 1949, Schedule, for “India”.
  3. 3and Schedule, for “the Queen” (with effect from 23rd March, 1956).
  4. 4and 2nd Schedule (with effect from the 14th October, 1955) and A. O., 1961, Art.
  5. 5The words “or a Member of the Council of the Governor­General of India” omitted by A. O., 1949, Schedule
  6. 6The words “or of the Council of any Presidency” rep. by A. O.,1937.
  7. 7Substituted by A. O., 1961, Art.
  8. 8The original words “Governor, Lieutenant­Governor or Member of Council” have successively been amended by A. O., 1937, and A. O., 1949, Schedule, to read as above.

How to cite

In a petition
Section 124, PPC
With heading
Section 124 PPC (Assaulting President, Governor, etc., with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power)
In full
Section 124, Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860)

Text as amended up to 30-11-2025, from the Pakistan Code, Ministry of Law and Justice. Check the official text before filing. Official PDF, page 60