PPC § 155 — Liability of person for whose benefit riot is committed

Statutory text (English)

Whenever a riot is committed
for the benefit or on behalf of any person who is the owner or occupier of any land respecting which
such riot takes place or who claims any interest in such land, or in the subject of any dispute which
gave rise to the riot, or who has accepted or derived any benefit therefrom, such person shall be
punishable with fine, if he or his agent or manager, having reason to believe that such riot was likely
to be committed or that the unlawful assembly by which such riot was committed was likely to be held,
shall not respectively use all lawful means in his or their power to prevent such assembly or riot from
taking place, and for suppressing and dispersing the same.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.155: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 67, 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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