PPC § 294A — Keeping lottery office

Statutory text (English)

Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of drawing any
lottery 2[not being a *State lottery or a lottery authorized by the Provincial Government] shall be punished
with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with
both.
And whoever publishes any proposal to pay any sum, or to deliver any goods, or to do or forbear
doing anything for the benefit of any person, on any event or contingency relative or applicable to the
drawing of any ticket, lot, number or figure in any such lottery shall be punished with fine which may
extend to 3[three thousand rupees]].
4*[294B. Offering of prize in connection with trade, etc. Whoever offers, or undertakes to offer,
in connection with any trade or business or sale of any commodity, any prize, reward or other similar
consideration, by whatever name called, whether in money or kind, against any coupon, ticket, number of
figure, or by any other device, as an inducement or encouragement to trade or business or to the buying of
any commodity, or for the purpose of advertisement or popularizing any commodity, and whoever
publishes any such offer, shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.]

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.294A: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 103, 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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