Chapter XVII · Of Offences Against Property

Punishment for criminal trespass

Section 447 · Pakistan Penal Code

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Whoever commits criminal trespass shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to 1[one thousand five hundred rupees], or with both.

Amendment notes (1)›
  1. 1Substituted by Ordinance 86 of 2002 , section 2 and Schedule, I, for “five hundred rupees and one thousand rupees”.

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Section 447, PPC
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Section 447 PPC (Punishment for criminal trespass)
In full
Section 447, 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 152