Pakistan Penal Code (PPC)

PPC § 107 — Abetment of a thing

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Statutory text (English)

A person abets the doing of a thing, who—
First.— Instigates any person to do that thing ; or,
Secondly.— Engages with one or more other person or persons in any conspiracy for the
doing of that thing, if an act or illegal omission takes place in pursuance of that conspiracy, and in
order to the doing of that thing ; or
Thirdly.— Intentionally aids, by any act or illegal omission, the doing of that thing.

Explanation 1.— A person who, by willful misrepresentation, or by willful concealment of a
material fact which he is bound to disclose, voluntarily causes or procures, or attempts to cause or
procure, a thing to be done, is said to instigate the doing of that thing.

Illustration
A, a public officer, is authorized by a warrant from a Court of Justice to apprehend Z. B,
knowing that fact and also that C is not Z, willfully represents to A that C is Z, and thereby intentionally
causes A to apprehend C. Here B abets by instigation the apprehension of C.

Explanation 2. — Whoever, either prior to or at the time of the commission of an act, does
anything in order to facilitate the commission of that act, and thereby facilitates the commission
thereof, is said to aid the doing of that act.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.107: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 52, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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