PPC § 171H — Illegal payments in connection with an election

Statutory text (English)

Whoever without the general or
special authority in writing of a candidate incurs or authorizes expenses on account of the holding of
any public meeting, or upon any advertisement, circular or publication, or in any other way whatsoever
for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of such candidate, shall be punished with fine
which may extend 1[one thousand five hundred rupees]:

Provided that if any person having incurred any such expenses not exceeding the amount of ten
rupees without authority obtains within ten days from the date on which such expenses were incurred
the approval in writing of the candidate he shall be deemed to have incurred such expenses with the
authority of the candidate.

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Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.171H: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 73, 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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