Chapter XVII · Of Offences Against Property

Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent

Section 409 · Pakistan Penal Code

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Whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property, or with any dominion over property in his capacity of a public servant or in the way of his business as a banker, merchant, factor, broker, attorney or agent, commits criminal breach of trust in respect of that property, shall be punished with 1[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Amendment notes (1)›
  1. 1Substituted by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), section 2 and Schedule, for “transportation for life”.

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Section 409, PPC
With heading
Section 409 PPC (Criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent)
In full
Section 409, 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 145