CONTENTS
SECTION
1. Sense of expression once explained
2. Gender
3. Number
4. Man, Woman
5. Person
6. Public
7. Court of Justice
8. Judicial proceedings
9. Public servant
10. Armed forces
11. Movable property
12. Wrongful gain
13. Wrongful loss
14. Gaining wrongfully, losing wrongfully
15. Dishonestly
16. Fraudulently
17. Reason to believe
18. Likely, probable
19. Property in possession of wife, clerk or servant
20. Counterfeit
21. Writing, document
22. Document of title
23. Words referring to acts include illegal omissions
24. Act, omission
25. Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission
26. Voluntarily
27. Offence
28. Illegal
29. Legally bound to do
30. Injury
31. Life, death
32. Animal
33. Vessel
34. Year, month
35. Oath
36. Good faith
37. Compensation
38. Invalid consent
39. Harbour
40. Genital
41. Zina
42. Married
43. Sadaq al-mithli
44. Rajm
45. Hirz
46. Nisab
47. Taklif
48. Mukallaf
49. Waliyy al-damm
50. Qatl al-gheelah
51. Al-aqilah
52. Wa'az
53. Tash-heer
54. Hajar
55. Al-musadarah
56. Ghorrah
57. Ta'azir
58. Tawbikh
59. Diyyah
60. Hukumah
61. Government
62. Foreign government
CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
63. Basic criminal responsibility
64. Common knowledge
65. Presumption of knowledge of an intoxicated person
66. Act done by person justified by law
67. Act of court of justice
68. Act done pursuant to the judgment or order of court
69. Accident in doing a lawful act
70. Act likely to cause injury but done without criminal intent and to prevent other injury or to benefit person injured
71. Act of child
72. Act of person of unsound mind or person asleep
73. Involuntary intoxication
74. Act not intended to cause death or grievous hurt done by consent
75. Act not intended to cause death done by consent for a person's benefit
76. Correction of child, pupil, servant or wife
77. Communication made in good faith
78. Act to which a person is compelled by threats
79. Non-voluntary act
80. Act of necessity
81. Act causing slight harm
82. Presumption of right of diyyah, damage, etc
83. Things done in private defence
84. Right of private defence
85. Right of private defence against act of a person of unsound mind
86. General limit of right of private defence
87. No right of private defence when protection of public authorities available
88. Limitation of right of private defence against act of public servant
89. When right of private defence of the body extends to causing death
90. When right of private defence of property extends to causing death
91. Right of private defence against deadly assault when there is risk of harm to innocent person.
92. General offences and punishment
PUNISHMENTS AND COMPENSATION
93. Punishments
94. Limitation on punishments
95. Special provision for juvenile offenders
96. Amount of fine
97. Sentence of Imprisonment for non-payment of fine
98. Imprisonment in default of payment of fine
99. Fine not discharged by death or service of sentence in default of payment
100. Limit of punishment when act within definition of more than one offence made up of several offences
101. Caning or whipping
102. Punishment for misdemeanours
103. Restitution or compensation
104. Closure of premises
JOINT ACTS
105. Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention
106. When such act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention.
107. Co-operation by doing one of several acts constituting an offence
108. Persons concerned in criminal act may be guilty of different offences
ABETMENT
109. Abetment defined
110. Abetment of offence defined
111. Abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence and where no express
provision is made for its punishment
112. Abetment if person abetted does act with different intention from that of abettor
113. Liability of abettor when one act abetted and different act done
114. Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done
115. Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by abettor
116. Abettor present when offence committed liable as principal
117. Abetment of offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life if offence not committed.
118. Abetment of offence punishable with imprisonment if offence is not committed
119. Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons
120. Administering unlawful oath
ATREMPTS TO COMMIT OFFENCES
121. Attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
122. Criminal conspiracy defined
123. Punishment for criminal conspiracy
124. Unlawful society defined
125. Management or membership of unlawful society
HUDUD AND HUDUD REIATED OFFENCES
126. Zina defined
127. Punishment for zina
128. Rape defined
129. Punishment for rape
130. Sodomy defined
131. Punishment for sodomy
132. Incest defined
133. Punishment for incest
134. Lesbianism defined
135. Punishment for lesbianism
136. Bestiality defined
137. Punishment for bestiality
138. Acts of gross indecency
139. Qadhf defined
140. Punishment for qadhf
141. Remittance of the offence of qadhf
142.(1) Defamation defined
142.(2)(i) Imputation of truth which public good requires to be published
(ii) Public conduct of public service.
(iii) Conduct of any person touching any public question.
(iv) Publication of reports of proceedings of courts.
(v) Merits of case decided in courts or conduct of witnesses and others concerned.
(vi) Merits of public performance
(vii) Censure passed in good faith by person having lawful authority over another
(viii) Accusation preferred in good faith of authorised person
(ix) Imputation made in good faith by person for protection of his others' interest
(x) Caution intended for good of person to whom conveyed or for public good
143. Punishment for defamation
144. Theft defined
145. Punishment for theft
146. Theft not punishable with hadd defined
147. Remittance of the hadd for theft
148. Punishment for theft not punishable with hadd
149. Punishment for drinking alcoholic drink
150. Punishment for dealing in alcoholic drinks
151. Punishment for drunkenness in a public or private place
152. Hirabah defined
153. Punishment for hirabah
154. Making preparation to commit hirabah
155. Belonging to gang of persons associated for the purpose of committing hiraba
156. Extortion defined
157. Punishment for extortion
158. Putting person in fear of in ury in order to commit extortion
159. Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt
160. Extortion by threat of accusation of an offence punishable with death
Criminal misappropriation
161. Criminal misappropriation defined
162. Punishment for criminal misappropriation
163. Criminal misappropriation of property possessed by deceased person at the time of his death
Criminal breach of trust
164. Criminal breach of trust defined
165. Punishment for criminal breach of trust
166. Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc
167. Criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant
168. Criminal breach of trust by public servant or by banker, merchant or agent
Receiving Stolen Property
169. Stolen property defined
170. Dishonestly receiving stolen property
171. Assisting in concealment of stolen property
172. Having possession of thing reasonably suspected of being stolen
Cheating
173. Cheating defined
174. Cheating by personification defined
175. Punishment for cheating
176. Cheating person whose interest offender is bound to protect
177. Punishment for cheating by personification
178. Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property
Criminal Trespass
179. Criminal trespass defined
180. House trespass defined
181. Lurking house trespass defined
182. Lurking house trespass by night defined
183. Housebreaking defined
184. Housebreaking by night defined
185. Punishment for criminal trespass
186. Punishment for house trespass
187. House trespass to commit offence punishable with death
188. House trespass to commit offence punishable with fourteen years imprisonment
189. House trespass to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
190. Punishment for lurking house trespass or housebreaking
191. Punishment for lurking house trespass or housebreaking in order to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
192. Lurking house trespass or housebreaking by night
193. Lurking house trespass or housebreaking by night to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
194. Joint liability for lurking house trespass or housebreaking where death or grievous hurt caused
195. Breaking open receptacle containing property
196. Breaking open receptacle by person entrusted with custody
197. Lurking with house breaking instruments
198. Fabrication of false key or instrument
QISAS AND QISAS RELATED OFFENCES
199. Intentional homicide defined
200. Punishment for intentional homicide
201. Unintentional homicide defined
202. Punishment for unintentional homicide
203. Waliyy al-damm causing death of suspect
204. When intentional homicide is not punishable with death
205. Attempts to commit intentional homicide
206. Abetment in cases of homicide
Causing Miscarriage, Injuries to Unborn Children, Exposure of Infants,
Cruelty to Children and concealment of birth
207. Causing miscarriage
208. Causing miscarriage intentionally
209. Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
210. Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
211. Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
212. Abandonment of child under fifteen years
213. Cruelty to children
214. Concealment of births
Hurt
215. Hurt defined
216. Grievous hurt defined
217. Voluntarily causing hurt defined
218. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt defined
219. Punishment for causing hurt
220. Punishment for causing grievous hurt
Criminal Force and Assault
221. Force defined
222. Criminal force defined
223. Assault defined
224. Punishment for assault or criminal force
225. Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty
226. Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage modesty
227. Assault or criminal force in attempt to commit theft of property carried by a person
228. Assault or criminal force in attempt wrongfully to confine a person
Kidnapping, Abduction and Forced Labour
229. Kidnapping defined
230. Abduction defined
231. Punishment for Kidnapping
232. Punishment for abduction
233. Kidnapping or abducting in order to cause death
234. Procuration of minor girl or woman
235. Importation of girl or woman from any place outside the State
236. Concealing or keeping in confinement Kidnapped or abducted person
237. Buying or selling minor or unsound minded person for immoral purpose
238. Unlawful compulsory labour
239. Traffic in women
CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION
240. Criminal intimidation defined
241. Punishment for criminal intimidation
242. Criminal intimidation by anonymous communication
Wrongful Restraint and Wrongful Confinement
243. Wrongful restraint defined
244. Wrongful confinement defined
245. Punishment for wrongful restraint
246. Punishment for wrongful confinement
247. Wrongful confinement after warrant or order or writ issued for production or liberation
248. Wrongful confinement in secret
249. Wrongful confinement to extort property or constrain to illegal act
250. Wrongful confinement to extort confession or compel restoration of property
Forgery
251. Making a false document defined
252. Forgery and forged document defined
253. Punishment for forgery
254. Forgery of public seals, etc
255. Using as genuine a forged document
256. Making or possessing counterfeit seal with intent to commit forgery
257. Possession of forged record
258. Counterfeiting device or mark used for authenticating document
259. Fraudulent cancellation or destruction of document of title
260. Falsification of accounts
Property and Other Marks
261. Property mark defined
262. Using a false property mark defined
262A. Punishment for using a false property mark
263. Punishment for counterfeiting a property mark used by another
264. Counterfeiting a mark used by a public servant
265. Making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark
266 Punishment for making or possession of any instrument for counterfeiting a property mark.
267. Making use of any such false mark
268. Tampering with property mark
Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service
269. Breach of contract of service during voyage or journey
270. Breach of contract to attend on and supply wants of helpless person
Breach of Official Trust
271. Breach of official trust defined
272. Punishment for breach of official trust
Offence against the public peace
273. Unlawful assembly defined
274. Membership of unlawful assembly defined
275. Punishment for membership of unlawful assembly
276. Joining unlawful assembly armed with deadly weapon
277. Joining or continuing in unlawful assembly knowing it has been commanded to disperse
278. Rioting defined
279. Punishment for rioting
280. Rioting armed with deadly weapon
281. Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
282. Promoter of unlawful assembly liable as a member
283. Joining or continuing in assembly of five or more persons knowing that it has been commanded to disperse
284. Wearing or carrying of emblem, flag, etc
285. Assaulting or obstructing public servant when suppressing riot, etc
286. Disturbance of public peace
287. Inciting disturbance
Offences by or Relating to Public Servants
288. Public servants taking gratification in respect of official act
289. Taking gratification in order influence public servant
296. Abetment by public servant of offence mentioned in section 289
291. Offering or giving gratification to public servant
292. Public servant obtaining valuable thing without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant
293. Offering or giving valuable thing without consideration
294. Third person profiting by gratification
295. Public servants dishonestly receiving money or property not due
296. Public servant disobeying direction of law with intent to cause injury or to save person from punishment or property from forfeiture
297. Public servant framing incorrect document with intent to cause injury
298. Public servant in judicial proceeding acting contrary to law
299. Wrongful committal or confinement by public servant
300. Public servant omitting to arrest or aiding escape
301. Public servant negligently omitting to arrest or permitting to escape
302. Abandonment of duty by public servant
303. Public servant unlawfully purchasing property
304. Personating a public servant
Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servants
305. Absconding to avoid or preventing service or publication of summons, notice or order, etc
306. Failure to attend in obedience to an order from public servant
307. Failure to produce document to public servant
308. Failure to give notice or information to public servant
309. Furnishing false information
310. False information with intent to mislead public servant
311. Refusing to answer public servant authorised to question
312. Refusing to sign statement
313. Resistance to taking of property by lawful authority of public servant
314. Obstructing sale of property offered for sale by authority of public servant
315. Removing property under lawful seizure
316. Illegal purchase or bid for property offered for sale by authority of public servant
317. Obstructing public servant in discharge of functions
318. Obstructing public servant in discharge of duty under any written law
319. Falling to assist public servant when bound by law to assist
320. Contravention of residence order
321. Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
322. Threat of injury to public servant
323. Threat of injury to induce person to refrain from applying for protection to public servant.
324. Intentional insult or interruption to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding
False Evidence and Offences Relating to the Administration of Justice
Offences relating to Evidence
325. Giving false evidence defined
326. Fabricating false evidence defined
327. Punishment for false evidence
328. Giving false evidence to procure conviction of capital offence
329. Giving false evidence to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonme
330. Using evidence known to be false
331. Issuing or signing false evidence
332. Using as true a certificate known to be false
333. False statement in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence
334. False translation
335. Destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence
Screening of Offenders
336. Causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender
337. Taking gratification to screen an offender from punishment
338. Offering gratification in consideration of screening offender
339. Penalty for harbouring offender who commits the offence of hirabah
Resistance to Arrest, and Escape
340. Resistance or obstruction to lawful arrest of another person
341. Resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful arrest or escape
342. Resistance or obstruction to lawful arrest or escape in cases not provided for by section 341.
Fraudulent Dealng with Property
343. Fraudulent removal of property to prevent lawful seizure or execution
344. Fraudulently suffering decree for sum not due
345. Fraudulently obtaining decree for sum not due
346. Dishonest or fraudulent execution of deed of transfer containing false statement of consideration
Miscellaneous
347. Giving false information respecting an offence
348. False personation
349. False charge of offence made with intent to injure
350. Taking gift to help to recover stolen property
351. Influencing cause of justice
Public Nuisance
352. Public nuisance defined
353. Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale
354. Sale of food or drink not corresponding to description
355. Sale of adulterated food or drink
356. Sale of noxious food or drink
357. Adulteration of drugs
358. Sale of adulteration or expired drugs
359. Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation
360. Fouling water or public well
361. Making atmosphere noxious to health
362. Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy
363. Obstruction in public way or line of navigation
364. Employees engaged on work of public utility ceasing work without notice
365. Negligent conduct causing danger to person or property
366. Negligent conduct with respect to animal
367. Punishment for public nuisance in case not otherwise provided for
368. Continuance of nuisance after Injunction to discontinue
369. Invasion of privacy
370. Obscene or indecent acts
371. Keeping a brothel
372. Sale of obsence books, etc
373. Obscene songs, etc
Vagabonds
374. Definitions
375. Penalty on conviction as idle person
376. Penalty on conviction as vagabond
377. Penalty on conviction as incorrigible vagabond
378. Evidence of intent to commit an offence
Mischief
379. Mischief defined
380. Punishment for mischief
381. Mischief by killing or maiming animal
382. Mischief in relation to water supply
383. Mischief by injury to public road, bridge, river or channel
384. Mischief by inundation or obstruction to public drainage
385. Mischief in relation to electricity, telegraphs and telephones
386. Mischief by destroying or moving a public landmark
387. Mischief by fire or explosive with intent to cause damage
388. Mischief to vessel
389. Mischief by fire to vessel
390. Running vessel aground or ashore with intent to commit theft
392. Mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt
Lotteries and Gaming Houses
393. Definition
394. Keeping gaming house or lottery office
395. Offences relating to lotteries
396. Power to order forfeiture of lottery equipment, proceeds, etc
Cruelty to Animals
397. Ill- treatment of domestic animals
398. Overriding and neglect of animal
399. Power to order temporary custody or destruction of animal
Offences Relating to Religion
400. Insulting or exciting contempts of religious creed
401. Injuring or defiling place of worship
402. Disturbing religious assembly
403. Committing trespass on place of worship or burial
Offences Relating to Ordeal, Witchcraft and Juju
404. Trial by ordeal
405. Prohibition of juju
406. Offences relating to witchcraft and juju
407. Criminal charms
408. Cannibalism
409. Unlawful possession of human corpse or any part thereof
PART "A": Cases that Warrant the Penalty Retaliation.
PART "B": Cases that Warrant the Full Amount of Diyyah.
PART "C".
PART "D": Cases that Warrant Half of the Full Diyyah.
PART "E": Cases that Warrant One Third of the Full Diyyah.
PART "F": Cases that Warrant the Payment of One-tenth of the Diyyah .
PART "G": Cases that Warrant the Payment of One-Twentieth of the Full Diyyah.
PART "H": Cases that Warrant the Payment of One-Thirtieth of the Full Diyyah .
PART "I": Cases that Warrant the Payment of Three-Twentieth of the Full Diyyah.
PART "J": Cases that do not Warrant the Payment of Diyyah but are subject to computation of damages only (HUKUMA).