PPC § 292 — Sale, etc

Statutory text (English)

, of obscene books, etc. Whoever—
(a) sells, lets to hire, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts into
circulation, or for purposes of sale, hire, distribution, public exhibition or
circulation, makes, produces or has in his possession any obscene book,
pamphlet, paper, drawing, painting, representation or figure or any other
obscene object whatsoever, or
(b) imports, exports or conveys any obscene object for any of the purposes
aforesaid, or knowing or having reason to believe that such object will be sold,
let to hire, distributed or publicly exhibited or in any manner put into circulation,
or
(c) takes part in or receives profits from any business in the course of which he
knows or has reason to believe that any such obscene, objects are, for any of the
purposes aforesaid, made, produced, purchased, kept, imported, exported,
conveyed, publicly exhibited or in any manner put into circulation, or
(d) advertises or makes known by any means whatsoever that any person is engaged
or is ready to engage in any act which is an offence under this section, or that
any such obscene object can be procured from or through any person, or
(e) offers or attempts to do any act which is an offence under this section,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three
months, or with fine, or with both.
Exception.— This section does not extend to any book, pamphlet, writing, drawing or painting
kept or used bona fide for religious purposes or any representation sculptured, engraved, painted or
otherwise represented on or in any temple, or on any car used for the conveyance of idols, or kept or
used for any religious purpose.]

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Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.292: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 101, 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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