Chapter XX A · Of Offences Against Women

Prohibition of depriving women from inheriting property

Section 498-A · Pakistan Penal Code

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whoever by deceitful or illegal means deprives any woman from inheriting any movable or immovable property at the time of opening of succession shall be punished with imprisonment for either description for a term which may extend to ten years but not be less than five years or with a fine of one million rupees or both.