PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker cabinet approved the draft of an ordinance amending various sections of Pakistan Panel Code and Criminal Procedure Code to enhance punishments and penalties for those organizing unlawful assembly, rioting and disobeying an order lawfully promulgated and/or causing obstructions or injury to persons lawfully employed.
Specifically, these amendments relate to the violation of sections 147, 148 and 188 of PPC.
The meeting of the cabinet, presided over by caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah, approved amendments to Sections 147, 148 and 188 of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 and in Schedule II of the Criminal Procedure Code 1898 by enhancing the punishment of the said sections to create deterrence and to stop unlawful assembly and rioting etc. and to maintain the writ of the state and peace.
While the existing punishment u/s 147 of PPC was “up to two years or with fine or both”, it was increased to “up to three years and shall also be liable to a fine of up to Rs200,000. In default of the payment of the fine, an additional imprisonment for three months would be imposed.”
In schedule-II “may be arrested without warrant non-bailable has also been added. With regard to Section 148, the existing punishment was up to three years or with fine or both. Now this has been replaced by “up to five years and shall also be liable to fine up to Rs500,000 which shall not be less than Rs100,000. In default of payment of the fine, there would be an additional imprisonment for six months”.
In schedule –II “May be arrested without a warrant” and “nonabailable” have been added. In respect of the punishment u/s 188 which was “up to one month or with fine which may extend to (Rs600) or with both” was replaced with “up to one year and shall also be liable to fine up to Rs100,000 which shall not be less than Rs25,000.
In default of payment of fine, there would be an additional imprisonment for one month.
While the punishment for an offense causing “danger to human life, health or safety, etc.” under this section was “up to six months or with fine which may extend to (three thousand rupees), or with both” has now been enhanced to “up to three years and shall also be liable to fine upto two hundred thousand rupees, which shall not be less than thirty-five thousand rupees. In default of payment of fine, additional imprisonment for two months.”
The cabinet also approved the release of Rs500 million for the Irrigation Department for maintenance, repair and desilting of different water/irrigation schemes, desilting of canals and construction of embankments on rivers for protection from floods.
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