Pakistan Penal Code (PPC)

PPC § 462C — Tampering with auxiliary or distribution pipelines of petroleum

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Statutory text (English)

(1) Any person
who wilfully does tampering or attempts to do tampering or abets in tampering with any auxiliary or
distribution pipeline of petroleum not being a main transmission and transportation pipeline but
includes a distribution system, distribution pipeline or any other related system and equipment, as the
case may be, of petroleum is said to commit tampering with auxiliary or distribution pipelines of
petroleum.

(2) Any person who commits or abets in tampering with auxiliary or distribution pipeline
or petroleum for the purpose of,—
(a) theft of petroleum; or
(b) disrupting supply of petroleum,
shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to ten years but shall not be
less than five years and with fine which may extend to three million rupees.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.462C: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 156, 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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