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Pakistan Penal Code

Chapter XIV · Of Offences Affecting the Public Health, Safety, Convenience, Decency and Morals

Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person

Section 293 · Pakistan Penal Code

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1[Whoever sells, lets to hire, distributes, exhibits or circulates to any person under the age of twenty years any such obscene object as is referred to in the last preceding section, or offers or attempts so to do, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.]

Amendment notes (1)›
  1. 1Substituted by the Obscene Publications Act, 1925 (8 of 1925), section 2 , for the original section 293. 4Subs. by the Indian Criminal Law Amdt. Act, 1895 (3 of 1895), section 3, for the original section 294.

How to cite

In a petition
Section 293, PPC
With heading
Section 293 PPC (Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person)
In full
Section 293, 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 102