Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Kidnapping or Abduction or Force Labour under Pakistan Penal Code




364-A. Kidnapping or abducting a person under the age of fourteen:

Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person under the i[age of fourteen] in order that such person may be murdered or subjected to grievous hurt, or slavery, or to the lust of any person or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being murdered or subjected to grievous hurt, or slavery, or to the lust of any person shall be punished with death or with imprisonment for life or with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years and shall not be less than seven years.


365. Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person:

Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person with intent to cause that person to be secretly and wrongfully confined, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.


365-A. Kidnapping or abducting for extorting property, valuable security, etc.:

Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person for the purpose of extorting from the person kidnapped or abducted, or from any person interested in the person kidnapped or abducted any property, whether movable or immovable, or valuable security, or to compel any person to comply with any other demand, whether in cash or otherwise, for obtaining  release of the person kidnapped or abducted, shall be punished with death or imprisonment for life and shall also be liable to forfeiture of property.

S. 365-A adde d by th e Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, III of 1990,



366-A. Procuration of minor girl:

Whoever by any means whatsoever, induces any minor girl under the age of eighteen years to go from any place or to do any act with intent that such girl may be, or knowing that it is likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.

Sec. 366-A ins, b y the Pena l Code (Amendment) Act, XX of 1923.


366-B. Importation of girl from foreign country :

Whoever imports into Pakistan from any country outside Pakistan any girl under the age of twenty-one years with intent that she may be, or knowing it to be likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person, shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.

Sec. 366-B subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaratio n) Ordinance. XXVII of 1981.

 
367. Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to grievous hurt, slavery, etc.:
Whoever kidnaps or abducts any person in order that such person may be subjected, or may be so disposed of as to be put in danger of being subjected to grievous hurt, or slavery or knowing it to be likely that such person will be so subjected or disposed of shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

368. Wrongfully   concealing   or   keeping   in confinement, kidnapped or abducted person:
Whoever knowing that any person has been kidnapped or has been abducted wrongfully conceals or confines  such person shall be punished in the same manner as if he had kidnapped or abducted Such person with the same intention or knowledge, or for the same purposes as that with or for which he conceals or detains such person in confinement.

369. Kidnapping or abducting child under ten years with intent to steal from its
person :
Whoever kidnaps or abducts any child under the age of ten years with the intention of taking dishonestly any movable property from the person of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

370. Buying or disposing of any person as a slave:
Whoever imports, exports, removes, buys, sells or disposes of any person as a slave, or accepts, receives or detains against his will any person as a slave, shall be punished with impr isonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

371. Habitual dealing in slaves:
Whoever habitually imports, exports, removes, buys, sells, traffics or deals in slaves. Shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten years, shall also be liable to fine.

372. Selling minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.: [Repealed by the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, VII of 1979, S. 19.]

373. Buying minor for purposes of prostitution, etc.: [Repealed by the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, VII of 1979, S. 19.]

374. Unlawful compulsory labour:
(1) Whoever unlawfully compels any  person to labour against the will of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to 1 [five] years or with fine, or with both. 
(2) Whoever compels a prisoner of war or a protected person to serve in the armed forces of Pakistan shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year.
Explanation: In this section the expression "prisoner of war" and "protected person" shall have the same meanings as have been assigned to them respectively by  Article 4 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949, and Article 4 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of August 12, 1949, ratified by Pakistan on the second June, 1951].









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