PECA 2016 § 25 — Spamming

Statutory text (English)

(1) A person commits the offence of spamming, who with intent transmits
harmful, fraudulent, misleading, illegal or unsolicited information to any person without permission of
the recipient or who causes any information system to show any such information for wrongful gain.

(2) A person including an institution or an organization engaged in direct marketing shall
provide the option to the recipient of direct marketing to unsubscribe from such marketing.

(3) Whoever commits the offence of spamming as described in sub-section

(1) by transmitting
harmful, fraudulent, misleading or illegal information, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
which may extend to three months or with fine of rupees fifty thousand which may extend upto rupees
five million or with both.

(4) Whoever commits the offence of spamming as described in sub-section

(1) by transmitting
unsolicited information, or engages in direct marketing in violation of sub-section

(2), for the first time,
shall be punished with fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, and for every subsequent violation
shall be punished with fine not less than fifty thousand rupees that may extend up to one million rupees.

Source and verification

Source citation: PECA 2016 (Act XL of 2016) s.25: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE PREVENTION OF ELECTRONIC CRIMES ACT, 2016' (incl. Act XXXVII of 2023 & Act II of 2025 amendments), p. 24, 25, 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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