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Pakistan Penal Code (PPC)

PPC § 267 — Making or selling false weight or measure

This page reproduces the English text stored for section 267 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The statute citation and data status are shown below.

Statutory text (English)

Whoever makes, sells or disposes of any
instrument for weighing, or any weight, or any measure of length or capacity which he knows to be
false, in order that the same may be used as true, or knowing that the same is likely to be used as true,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or
with fine, or with both.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.267: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 97, 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. 97) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment version…

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