PPC § 302 — Punishment of qatl-i-amd

Statutory text (English)

Whoever commits qatl-e-amd shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter be—
(a) punished with death as qisas;
(b) punished with death or imprisonment for life as ta'zir having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, if the proof in either of the forms specified in section 304 is not available; or
(c) punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to twenty-five years, where according to the Injunctions of Islam the punishment of qisas is not applicable:
[Provided that nothing in clause (c) shall apply where the principle of fasad-fil-arz is attracted and in such cases only clause (a) or clause (b) shall apply.]

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.302, current consolidated text: Pakistan Code portal PDF p.106-107, ingested 2026-09-15. Footnotes: proviso & clause structure subs. by Act XLIII of 2016, s.3. Transcription note: PDF ligature artifact 'death for imprisonment for life' normalized to 'death or imprisonment for life'; 'qatl­e­amd' hyphenation normalized. Human admin re-check recommended.

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Historical text notes

2 historical records are linked to this section. Historical wording may be incomplete or pending verification; it is not presented as current law.

• 1862-01-01 to 1990-12-31: Original 1860 enactment text (in force 1 Jan 1862) — historical sample, PENDING VERIFICATION against original gazette; superseded by the qisas/diyat regime.
• 1990-01-01: Current text — VERIFIED against Pakistan Code consolidated PDF p.106-107 (2026-09-15). Clause structure introduced by the 1990 qisas/diyat regime; proviso subs. by Act XLIII of 2016, s.3.

Amendment references

• Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1990 (qisas and diyat) — Introduced the qisas/diyat regime for PPC ss.299-338; s.302 re-enacted as 'punishment of qatl-i-amd'. Current clause structure verified via Pakistan Code; the 1990 instrument itself pending gazette verification. pending_verification
• Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act XLIII of 2016) — Substituted the s.302 proviso (fasad-fil-arz exclusion from clause (c)) per official footnote. NEW in v2. verified

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