PPC § 298B — Misuse of epithets, descriptions and titles, etc

Statutory text (English)

, reserved for certain holy
personages or places.––

(1) Any person of the Quadiani group or the Lahori group (who call
themselves ‘Ahmadis’ or by any other name) who by words, either spoken or written, or by visible
representation,—
(a) refers to, or addresses, any person, other than a Caliph or companion of the Holy
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), as ‘ Ameer-ul-Mumineen’,
‘Khalifa-tul-Mumineen’, ‘ Khalifa- tul-Muslimeen’, ‘ Sahaabi’ or ‘ Razi Allah
Anho’ ;
(b) refers to, or addresses, any person, other than a wife of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) as ‘Ummul-Mumineen’;
(c) refers to, or addresses, any person, other than a member of the family (Ahle-bait)
of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), as Ahle-bait; or
(d) refers to, or names, or calls, his place of worship as ‘Masjid’ ;
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three
years, and shall also be liable to fine.

(2) Any person of the Quadiani group or Lahori group (who call themselves ‘Ahmadis’ or
by any other name) who by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, refers to the
mode or form of call to prayers followed by his faith as ‘Azan’, or recites Azan as used by the Muslims,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years,
and shall also be liable to fine.

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Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.298B: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 104, 105, 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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