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Pakistan Penal Code

Chapter VII · Of Offences Relating to the Army, Navy and Air Force

Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman

Section 138 · Pakistan Penal Code

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Whoever abets what he knows to be an act of insubordination by an officer, soldier, 1[sailor or airman], in the Army, 2[Navy or Air Force] of 3 [Pakistan], shall, if such act of insubordination be committed in consequence of that abetment, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

Amendment notes (2)›
  1. 1Substituted by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1927 (10 of 1927), s.
  2. 2and sch., for “Transportation for life”. 5Subs by Ordinance LXXXVI of 2002, ScheduleI, for “five hundred rupees”.

How to cite

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Section 138, PPC
With heading
Section 138 PPC (Abetment of act of insubordination by soldier, sailor or airman)
In full
Section 138, 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 63