PPC § 375 — Rape

Statutory text (English)

A person A is said to commit “rape” if A—
(a) penetrates his penis, to any extend, into the vagina, mouth, urethra or anus of
another person B or makes B to do so with A or any other person; or
(b) inserts, to any extent, any object or a part of the body, not being the penis, into
the vagina, the urethra or anus of B or makes B to do so with A or any other
person; or
(c) manipulates any part of the body of B so as to cause penetration into the vagina,
urethra, anus or any part of body of B or makes B to do so with A or any other
person; or
(d) applies his mouth to the vagina, anus, urethra or penis of B or makes B to do so
with A or any other person, under the circumstances falling under any of the
following seven descriptions,—
firstly, against B’s will;
secondly, without B’s consent;
thirdly, with B’s consent, which has been obtained by putting B or any person
in whom B is interested, in fear of death or of hurt;
fourthly, with B’s consent, when A knows that A is not B’s husband and that
B’s consent is given because B believes that A is another man to whom B is or
believes herself to be lawfully married;
fifthly, with B' sconsent when at the time of giving such consent, by reason of
unsoundness of mind or intoxication or the administration by A personally or
through another of any stupefying or un-wholesome substance, B is unable to
understand the nature and consequences of that to which B gives consent;
sixthly, with or without B's consent, when B is under sixteen years of age; or
seventhly, when B is unable to communicate consent.

Explanation 1.—For the purposes of this section, “vagina” shall also include labia majora.

Explanation 2.— Consent means an un-equivocal voluntary agreement when B by words,
gestures or any form of verbal or non-verbal communication, communicates willingness to participate
in the specific sexual act:

Provided that if B who does not physically resists to the act of penetration, it shall not by the
reason only of that fact, be regarded as consenting to the sexual activity.

Explanation 3.— In this Chapter,—
“person” means male, female or transgender, and
“rape” includes “gang rape”.

Explanation 4.— A bonafide medical procedure or intervention shall not constitute rape.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.375: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 133, 134, 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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