PPC § 124 — Assaulting President, Governor, etc

Statutory text (English)

, with intent to compel or restrain the exercise
of any lawful power. Whoever, with the intention of inducing or compelling the 7[President] of
Subs. by A. O., 1961, Art. 2 and Sch., for the “the Queen” (w.e.f. 23rd March 1956).
Subs. by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972),s.2 and Sch. for "transportation for life".
Subs. by the Indian Penal Code (Amdt.) Act, 1921 (16 of 1921), s. 2, for “and shall forfeit all his property”.
S. 123A ins. by the Pakistan Penal Code (Amdt.) Act, 1950 (71 of 1950), section 2.
Ins. by Act II of 1992,ss. 2 & 3.
1[Pakistan], or the Governor of any 2[Province], 3[* * *] 4[* *] 5[* * *], to exercise or refrain
from exercising in any manner any of the lawful powers of 6[the President], 7[or Governor],
assaults, or wrongfully restrains, or attempts wrongfully to restrain, or overawes, by means of
criminal force or the show of criminal force, or attempts so to overawe, 6[the President], 7[or
Governor].
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven
years, and shall also be liable to fine.

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Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.124: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 60, 61, 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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