Chapter XVI A · Of Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement

Sexual abuse

Section 377-A · Pakistan Penal Code

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1[Whoever employs, uses, forces, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any person to engage in, or assist any other person to engage in fondling, stroking, caressing, exhibitionism, voyeurism or any obscene or sexually explicit conduct or simulation of such conduct either independently or in conjunction with other acts, with or without consent where age of person is less than eighteen years, is said to commit the offence of sexual abuse.

Amendment notes (1)›
  1. 1Inserted by Act X of 2016, section 7.

How to cite

In a petition
Section 377-A, PPC
With heading
Section 377-A PPC (Sexual abuse)
In full
Section 377-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 135