PPC § 376 — Punishment for rape

Statutory text (English)

(1) Whoever commits rape shall be punished with death or
imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not be less than ten years or more than
twenty-five years 1[or for imprisonment for the remainder period of his natural life] and shall also be
liable to fine.
3[(1A) Whoever commits an offence punishable under sub-section

(1) or sub-section

(2) or
section 377 or section 377B and in the course of such commission causes any hurt punishable as an
offence under section 333, section 335, clauses (iv), (v) and (vi) of sub-section

(3) of section 337,
section 337C, clauses (v) and (vi) of section 337F shall be punished with death or imprisonment for
life and fine.]

(2) 2[* * * * * * *]]
3[
(3) Whoever commits rape of a minor or a person with mental or physical disability shall be
punished with death or imprisonment for life and fine.

(4) Whoever being a public servant including a police officer, medical officer or jailor, taking
advantage of his official position, commits rape shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life
and fine.]

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.376: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 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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• Date not confirmed: Consolidated current text as published in the official Pakistan Code PDF (p. 134) — reflects all amendments recorded in the official footnotes up to ingest date 2026-09-15. Automated transcription; per-amendment…

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