PPC § 119 — Public servant concealing design to commit offence which it is his duty to prevent.

Statutory text (English)

Whoever, being a public servant intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that he will thereby
facilitate the commission of an offence which it is his duty as such public servant to prevent,
voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design to commit such
offence, or makes any representation which he knows to be false respecting such design,
If offence be committed; shall, if the offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment
of any description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-half of the longest
term of such imprisonment, or with such fine as is provided for that offence, or with both ;
if offence be punishable with death, etc.; or if the offence be punishable with death or
1[imprisonment for life], with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten
years ;
if offence be not committed. or, if the offence be no tcommitted, shall be punished with
imprisonment of any description provided for the offence for a term which may extend to one-fourth
part of the longest term of such imprisonment or with such fine as is provided for the offence, or with
both.

Illustration
A, an officer of police, being legally bound to give information of all designs to commit robbery
which may come to his knowledge, and knowing that B designs to commit robbery, omits to give such
information, with intent to facilitate the commission of that offence. Here A has by an illegal omission
concealed the existence of B’s design, and is liable to punishment according to the provision of this
section.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.119: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 57, 58, 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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