CHAPTER XIV
OF OFFENCES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY,
CONVENIENCE, DECENCY AND MORALS

268. Public nuisance: A person is guilty of a public nuisance who does any act or is
guilty of an illegal omission which causes any common injury, danger or annoyance to the
public or to the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity, or which
must necessarily cause injury, obstruction, danger or annoyance to persons who may
have occasion to use any public right.
A common nuisance is not excused on the ground that it causes some convenience or
advantage.
269. Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life: Whoever
unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to
believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be
punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six
months, or with fine, or with both.
270. Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life: Whoever
malignantly does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be,
likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine,
or with both.
271. Disobedience to quarantine rule: Whoever knowingly disobeys any rule made and
promulgated by the Federal or any Provincial Government for putting any vessel into a

state of quarantine, or for regulating the intercourse of vessels in a state of quarantine with
the shore or with other vessels, or for regulating the intercourse between places where an
infectious disease prevails and other places, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
272. Adulteration of food or drink intended for sale: Whoever adulterates any article of
food or drink, so as to make such article noxious as food or drink, intending to sell such
article as food or drink, or knowing it to be likely that the same will be sold as food or drink,
snail be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
273. Sale of noxious food or drink: Whoever sells, or offers or exposes for sale, as food
or drink, any article which has been rendered or has become noxious, or is in a state unfit
for food or drink, knowing or haying reason to believe that the same is noxious as food or
drink, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to six months, of with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
274. Adulteration of drugs: Whoever adulterates any drug or medical preparation-in
such a manner as to lessen the efficacy or change the operation of such drug) or medical
preparation, or to make it noxious intending that it shall be sold or used for, or knowing it
to be likely that it will be sold or used for, any medicinal purposes, as if it had not
undergone such adulteration, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for
a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand
rupees, or with both.
275. Sale of adulterated drugs: Whoever, knowing any drug or medical preparation to
have been adulterated in such a manner as to lessen its efficacy, to change its operation,
or to render it noxious, sells the same, or offers or exposes it for sale, or issues it from any
dispensary for medicinal purposes as unadulterated, or causes it to be used for medicinal
purposes by any person not knowing of the adulteration, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine
which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
276. Sale of drug as a different drug or preparation: Whoever knowingly sells, or offers
or exposes for sale, or issues from a dispensary for medicinal purposes, any drug or
medical preparation, as a different drug or medical preparation, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine
which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both,
277. Fouling water of public spring or reservoir: Whoever voluntarily corrupts or fouls
the water of any public spring or reservoir, so as to render it less fit for the purpose for
which it is ordinarily used, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred
rupees, or with both.

278. Making atmosphere noxious to health: Whoever voluntarily vitiates the
atmosphere in any place so as to make it noxious to the health of persons in general
dwelling or carrying on business in the neighbourhood or passing along a public way, shall
be punished with fine, which may extend to five hundred rupees.
279. Rash driving or riding on a public way: Whoever drives any vehicle, or rides,, on
any public way in a manner so rash or negligent as .to endanger human life, or to be likely
to cause hurt or injury to any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one
thousand rupees, or with both.
280. Rash navigation of vessel: Whoever navigates any vessel in a manner so rash or
negligent as to endanger human life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other
person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.
281. Exhibition of false light, mark or buoy: Whoever exhibits any false light, mark or
buoy intending or knowing it to be likely that such exhibition will mislead any navigator,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
seven years, or with fine, or with both.
282. Conveying person by water for hire in unsafe or overloaded vessel: Whoever
knowingly or negligently conveys; or causes to be conveyed for hire, any person by water
in any vessel, when that vessel is in such a state or so loaded as to endanger the fife of
that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with
both.
283. Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation: Whoever, by doing any
act, or by omitting to take order with any property in his possession or under his charge,
causes danger, obstruction or injury to any person in any public way or public line of
navigation, shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.
284. Negligent conduct with respect to poisonous substance: Whoever does, with
any poisonous substance, any act in a manner so rash or negligent as to endanger human
life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any person, or knowingly or negligently omits
to take such order with any poisonous substance in his possession as is sufficient to
guard against any probable danger to human life from such poisonous substance,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
six months, or with fine, which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
285. Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter : Whoever does,
with tire or any combustible matter, any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human
life, or to be likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person,

or knowingly or negligently omits to take such order with any fire or any combustible
matter in his possession as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human
life from such fire or combustible matter.
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
286. Negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance: Whoever does, with any
explosive substance any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or to be
likely to cause hurt or injury to any other person,
or knowingly or negligently omits to take such order with any explosive substance in his
possession as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human life from that
substance,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
287. Negligent conduct with respect to machinery: Whoever does, with any
machinery, any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life or to be likely to
cause hurt or injury to any other person,
or knowingly or negligently omits to take such order with any machinery in his possession
or under his care as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to human life from
such machinery,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
Six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
288. Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings:
Whoever, in pulling down or repairing any building, knowingly or negligently omits to take
such order with that building as is sufficient to guard against any probable danger to
human life from the fall of that building, or of any part thereof, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine
which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
289. Negligent conduct with respect to animal: Whoever, knowingly or negligently
omits to take such order with any animal in his possession as is sufficient to guard against
any probable danger to human life, or any probable danger of grievous hurt from such
animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand Rupees, or with
both.
290. Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for: Whoever
commits a public nuisance in any case not otherwise punishable by this Code, shall be
punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.

291. Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue: Whoever repeats or
continues a public nuisance having been enjoined by any public servant who has lawful
authority to issue such injunction not to repeat or continue such nuisance, shall be
punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with
fine, or with both.
292. Sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.: Whoever:-
(a) sells, lets to hire, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts into circulation, or
for purposes of sale. hire, distribution, public exhibition or circulation,, makes, produces
or has in his possession any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, drawing, painting,
representation or figure or any other obscene object whatsoever, or
(b) imports, exports or conveys any obscene object for any of the purposes aforesaid, or
knowing or having reason to believe that such object will be sold, let to hire, distributed or
publicly exhibited or in any manner put into circulation, or
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
Six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
(c) takes part in or receives profits from, any business in the course of which he knows or
has reason to believe that any such obscene objects are, for any of -the purposes
aforesaid, made, produced, purchased, kept, imported, exported, conveyed, publicly
exhibited or in any manner put into circulation, or .
(d) advertises or makes known by any means whatsoever that any person he engaged or
is ready to engage in any act which is an offence under this section, or that any such
obscene object can be procured from or through any person, or
(e) offers or attempts to do any act which is an offence under this section,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
three months, or which tine or with both. .
Exception: This section does not extend to any book, pamphlet, writing, drawing or
painting kept or used bona fide for religious purposes or any representation sculptured,
engraved, painted or otherwise represented on or in any temple, or on any car used for
the conveyance of idols, or kept or used for any religious purpose.
293. Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person : Whoever sells, .lets to hire,
distributes,, exhibits or circulates to any person under the age of twenty years any such
obscene object as is referred to in the last preceding section, or offers or attempts so to
do, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to six months, or with fine, or with both.

294. Obscene acts and songs; Whoever, to the annoyance of others, --
(a) does any obscene act in any public place, or
(h) sings, recites or utters any obscene songs, ballad or words, in or near any public
place,
shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to
three months, or with fine, or with both.
294-A. Keeping lottery office: Whoever keeps any office or place for the purpose of
drawing any lottery not being a State lottery or a lottery authorized by the Provincial
Government shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to six months, or with fine, or with both.
And whoever publishes any proposal to pay any sum, or to deliver any goods, or to -do or
forbear doing anything for the benefit of any person, on any event or contingency relative
or applicable to the drawing of any ticket, lot, number or figure in any such lottery shall be
punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.
Sec. 294-A ins- by the Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Act, XXVII of 1970
294-B. Offering of prize in connection with trade, etc.: Whoever offers, or undertakes
to offer, in connection with any trade or business or sale of any commodity, any prize,
reward or other similar consideration, by whatever name called, whether in money or kind,
against any coupon, ticket, number or figure, or by any other device, as an inducement or
encouragement to trade or business or to the buying of any commodity, or for the purpose
of advertisement or popularising any commodity, and whoever publishes any such offer,
shall be punishable, with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend
to six months, or with fine, or with both.
Sec. 294-B ins. by Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Act, XX of 1965.