PPC § 171B — Bribery

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whoever—
(i) gives a gratification to any person with the object of inducing him or any other
person to exercise any electoral right or of rewarding any person for having
exercised any such right ; or
(ii) accepts either for himself or for any other person any gratification as a reward
for exercising any such right or for inducing or attempting to induce any other
person, to exercise any such right,
commits the offence of bribery:

Provided that a declaration of public policy or a promise of public action shall not be an offence
under this section.

(2) A person who offers, or agrees to give, or offers or attempts to procure, a gratification
shall be deemed to give a gratification.

(3) A person who obtains or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain a gratification shall be
deemed to accept a gratification, and a person who accepts a gratification as a motive for doing what
he does not intend to do, or as a reward for doing what he has not done, Shall be deemed to have
accepted the gratification as a reward.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.171B: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 72, 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. 72) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment version…

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