Government or any Provincial Government, shall be punished with imprisonment for life,
or with imprisonment of either description which may extend to ten years, and shall also
be liable to fine.
Explanation: To constitute a conspiracy under this section, it is not necessary that any act
or illegal omission shall take place in pursuance thereof.
Section 121-A ins. by the Penal Code (Amendment) Act, XXVII of 1870
122. Collecting arms, etc., with intention of waging war against Pakistan: Whoever
collects men, arms or ammunition or otherwise prepares to wage war with the intention of
either waging or being prepared to wage war against Pakistan, shall be punished with
imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding ten
years, and shall also be liable to fine.
123. Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war: Whoever, by any act, or
by any illegal omission, conceals the existence of a design to wage war against Pakistan,
intending by such concealment to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that such concealment
will facilitate the waging of such war, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
123-A. Condemnation of the creation of the State, and advocacy of abolition of its
sovereignty : (1) Whoever, within or without Pakistan, with intent to influence, or knowing
it to be likely that he will influence, any person or the whole or any section of the public, in
a manner likely to be prejudicial to the safety 2[or ideology] of Pakistan or to endanger the
sovereignty of Pakistan in respect of all or any of the territories lying within its borders,
shall by words, spoken or written, or by signs or visible representation abuse Pakistan or,
condemn the creation of Pakistan by virtue of the partition of India which was effected on
the fifteenth day of August, 1947, or. advocate the curtailment or abolition of the
sovereignty of Pakistan in respect of all or any of the territories lying within its borders,
whether by amalgamation with the territories of neighbouring States or otherwise, shall be
punished with rigorous imprisonment which may extend to ten years and shall also be
liable to fine.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, when
any person is proceeded against under this section, it shall be lawful for any Court before
which he may be produced in the course of the investigation or trial, to make such order
as it may think fit in respect of his movements, of his association or communication
with other persons, and of his activities in regard to dissemination of news, propagation of
opinions, until such time as the case is finally decided.
(3) Any Court which is a Court of appeal or of revision in relation to the Court mentioned in
sub-section (2) may also make an order under that sub-section.
Sec. 123-A ins. by the Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Act, VI of 1950.
123-B. Defiling or unauthorisedly removing the National Flag of Pakistan from
Government building, etc.: Whoever deliberately defile the National Flag of Pakistan,