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A law applicable to a specific subject.

A law that applies only to a specific location within Pakistan.

Any harm caused illegally to a person's body, mind, reputation, or property.

The life of a human being, unless otherwise specified.

The death of a human being, unless otherwise specified.

Any living creature except a human being.

Anything made for transporting people or goods by water.

A single act or a series of acts.

A single omission or a series of omissions.

When several people act together with a shared intention, each person is responsible for the act.

If an act is criminal based on its intent or knowledge, everyone involved with the same intent is liable.

When an effect is caused partly by an act and partly by an omission, it's considered the same offense.

Anyone who intentionally contributes to an offense by performing any of the acts involved is considered guilty.

People involved in a criminal act can be responsible for different offenses within that act.

A person causes an effect voluntarily when they intended to cause it or knew/should have known the outcome.

Except in specific chapters and sections, 'offense' means something punishable by this code.

A law applicable only to a specific part of Pakistan.

Anything that is an offense, prohibited by law, or grounds for a civil action.

It means doing something that is illegal to omit.

Gaining property through unlawful means, to which the person is not legally entitled.

Losing property through unlawful means, to which the person is legally entitled.

Gaining wrongfully includes acquiring or wrongfully retaining property.

Losing wrongfully includes being deprived of property or kept out of it illegally.

Doing something with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another.

Doing something with the intent to defraud.

Having sufficient reason to believe something.

Property in possession of a person's wife, clerk, or servant is considered in their possession for the purposes of this code.

A person is said to 'counterfeit' when they cause one thing to resemble another with the intention to deceive.

Any matter expressed or described on a substance by means of letters, figures, or marks, intended for use as evidence.

A document creating, transferring, restricting, or extinguishing a legal right, or acknowledging a legal liability.

Any testamentary document.

Words referring to acts done also include illegal omissions unless the context suggests otherwise.

A person who is or believes themselves to be bound by law, even if that belief is a mistake of fact, is not committing an offense.

This Act establishes the Pakistan Penal Code and applies to all of Pakistan.

Any person who commits an act or omission that violates the Pakistan Penal Code within Pakistan is subject to punishment.

A person liable to be tried for an offense committed outside Pakistan may be treated as if the act happened inside Pakistan.

The Pakistan Penal Code applies to citizens of Pakistan or people in Pakistani service abroad, as well as people on Pakistani ships or aircraft anywhere in the world. It also covers acts committed outside Pakistan that would be offenses if committed within Pakistan.

The Pakistan Penal Code does not aim to repeal, vary, suspend, or affect laws punishing mutiny and desertion in the military, or special or local laws.

All legal definitions, punishments, and illustrations in the Pakistan Penal Code are subject to exceptions in the 'General Exceptions' chapter, even if not explicitly stated in the definitions.

Whenever a term is explained in one part of the Pakistan Penal Code, the same meaning applies in all sections.

The pronoun 'he' and its derivatives are used to refer to any person, regardless of gender.

Words in the singular form include the plural, and vice-versa.

'Man' refers to a male human being of any age, and 'woman' refers to a female human being of any age.

'Person' includes companies, associations, or groups of individuals, whether incorporated or not.

'Public' includes any segment of the population or community.

The term 'servant of the State' refers to officers or employees working for the Federal Government or any Provincial Government in Pakistan.

'Government' refers to the individuals or entity legally authorized to administer executive government in Pakistan or any part of it.

'Judge' includes anyone officially designated as a judge, as well as those empowered to make definitive judgements or judgements that become definitive if confirmed by another authority. It also includes members of judicial bodies.

'Court of justice' refers to a judge acting alone or a group of judges acting together when they are performing judicial duties.

'Public servant' includes: commissioned officers in the military, naval, or air forces, judges, court officers, jurymen, assessors, panchayat members, arbitrators, individuals with confinement powers, government officers preventing offenses or protecting public safety, and officers handling government finances or upholding financial laws. It also covers officers of local communities.

'Movable property' includes all corporeal property, except land, things attached to the earth, or permanently fixed to something attached to the earth.

'Dishonestly' means doing something to cause wrongful gain for one person or wrongful loss for another.

'Fraudulently' means doing something with the intent to defraud, but not otherwise.

'Reason to believe' means having sufficient cause to believe something, not simply a hunch.

Property in possession of a person's wife, clerk, or servant on their behalf is considered under that person's possession for legal purposes.

A 'will' encompasses any testamentary document.