Chapter XVI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body
Arsh for teeth
Section 337-U · Pakistan Penal Code
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The arsh for causing itlaf of a tooth, other than a milk tooth shall be one-twentieth of the diyat.
Explanation. __ The impairment of the portion of a tooth outside the gum amounts to causing itiaf of a tooth.
The arsh for causing itlaf of twenty or more teeth shall be equal to the value of diyat.
Where the itlaf is of a milk tooth, the accused shall be liable to daman and may also be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year:
Provided that, where itlaf of a milk tooth impedes the growth of a new tooth, the accused shall be liable to arsh specified in sub-section (1).