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Pakistan Penal Code

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

Keeping lottery office

Section 294-A · Pakistan Penal Code

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1[Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any lottery 2[not being a *State lottery or a lottery authorized by the Provincial Government] shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.

And whoever publishes any proposal to pay any sum, or to deliver any goods, or to do or forbear doing anything for the benefit of any person, on any event or contingency relative or applicable to the drawing of any ticket, lot, number or figure in any such lottery shall be punished with fine which may extend to 3[three thousand rupees]].

Amendment notes (3)›
  1. 1S. 294A ins. by the Indian Penal Code Amdt.Act, 1870 (27 of 1870), section 10.
  2. 2Substituted by Adaptation Order, 1937, for “not authorized by Government”.
  3. 3Substituted by the Ordinance

How to cite

In a petition
Section 294-A, PPC
With heading
Section 294-A PPC (Keeping lottery office)
In full
Section 294-A, 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 103