Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 — Section 2: Punishment of offences committed within Pakistan

2. Punishment of offences committed within Pakistan. Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code and not otherwise for every act or omission contrary to the provisions thereof, of which he shall be guilty within 6[Pakistan] 7* * *. 3. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within, Pakistan. Any persons liable, by any 8[Pakistan Law], to be tried for an offence committed beyond 1 [(1) any citizen of Pakistan or any person in the service of Pakistan in any place without and beyond Pakistan ;]; 2

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(3)[* * * * * * *] 4 [(4) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in 5[Pakistan] wherever it may be.]. Explanation. In this section the word "offence" includes every act committed outside 5 [Pakistan] which, if committed in 5[Pakistan], would be punishable under this Code. Illustrations

(a)A 6[a Pakistan subject], commits a murder in Uganda. He can be tried and convicted of murder in any place in 7[Pakistan] in which he may be found. 8

(b)[* * * * * * *] 9 [(c) C, a foreigner who is in the service of Pakistan commits a murder in London. He can be tried and convicted of murder at any place in Pakistan in which he may be found.]

(d)D, a British subject living in 10[Junagadh], instigates E to commit a murder in Illustrations

(a)The sections in this Code, which contain definitions of offences, do not express that a child under seven years of age cannot commit such offences ; but the definitions are to be understood subject to the general exception which provides that nothing shall be an offence which is done by a child under seven years of age.

(b)A, a police officer, without warrant, apprehends Z who has committed murder. Here A is not guilty of the offence of wrongful confinement ; for he was bound by law to apprehend Z, and therefore the case falls within the general exception which provides that “nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is bound by law to do it”.