PPC § 462I — Abstraction or tampering etc

Statutory text (English)

, with distribution or auxiliary. —

(1) Any person
who,—
(a) dishonestly taps, makes or causes to be made any connection with overhead,
underground or under water lines or cables, or service lines, electric supply-line
or distribution facilities of a licensee for distribution of electric power services
so as to abstract, use or consumer electricity without passing through the electric
meter is said to cause abstraction; or
(b) willfully tampers or attempts to tamper with service line, electric supply-line or
distribution facilities for distribution of electric power services, or any other
related system and equipment, as the case may be, for distribution of electric
power services is said to cause tampering with auxiliary or distribution of
electric power.

(2) Any person who causes or abets in causing abstraction or commits or abets in
committing tampering with distribution of electric power for the purpose of,—
(a) theft of electric power; or
(b) disrupting supply of electric power; or
(c) illegal distribution of electric power services,
shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to three years or with fine
which may extend to three million rupees or with both.

Source and verification

Source citation: PPC (Act XLV of 1860) s.462I: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PAKISTAN PENAL CODE' (Act No. XLV of 1860), p. 159, 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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