Pakistan Penal Code (PPC)

PPC § 141 — Unlawful assembly

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Statutory text (English)

An assembly of five or more persons is designated an “unlawful
assembly,” if the common object of the persons composing that assembly is—
First.— To overawe by criminal force, or show of criminal force, 6[the 7[Federal] or any
Provincial Government or Legislature], or any public servant in the exercise of the lawful power of
such public servant ; or
Second.— To resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process ; or
Third.— To commit any mischief or criminal trespass, or other offence ; or
Fourth.— By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to any person to take or obtain
possession of any property, or to deprive any person of the enjoyment of a right of way, or of the use
of water or other incorporeal right of which he is in possession or enjoyment, or to enforce any right
or supposed right ; or
Fifth.— By means of criminal force, or show of criminal force, to compel any person to do what
he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do what he is legally entitled to do.

Explanation.— An assembly which was not unlawful when it assembled, may subsequently
become an unlawful assembly.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.141: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 64, 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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Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 64) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment version…

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