THE PENAL CODE (WEST PAKISTAN AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964

(W.P. Act XXXII of 1964)

C O N T E N T S

Sections

         1.         Short title and commencement.

         2.         Amendment of sections 500, 501 and 502 Act XLV of 1860.

 

[1]THE PENAL CODE (WEST PAKISTAN AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964

(W.P. Act XXXII of 1964)

[27 April 1964]

An Act further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code in its application to the Province of West Pakistan

Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860) in the manner hereinafter appearing;

      It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1.   Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Penal Code (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1964.

2.   Amendment of sections 500, 501 and 502 Act XLV of 1860.— In the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), in sections 500, 501 and 502, for the word “simple”, wherever occurring, the word “rigorous” shall be substituted.

 


[1]This Act was passed by West Pakistan Assembly on 10th April, 1964; assented to by the Governor of West Pakistan on 19th April, 1964; and, published in the West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 27th April, 1964, page 1311-E.