CHAPTER - I INTRODUCTION Preamble: Whereas it is expedient to provide a general Penal Code for Pakistan: It is enacted as follows:1. Title and extent of operation of the Code: This Act shall be called the Pakistan Penal Code, and shall take effect throughout 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 Pakistan. 3. Punishment of offences committed beyond, but which by law may be tried within Pakistan: Any person liable, by any Pakistani Law, to be tried for an offence committed beyond Pakistan shall be dealt with according to the provision of this Code for any act committed beyond Pakistan in the same manner as if such act had been committed within Pakistan. 4. Extension of Code for extra-territorial offences: The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by" [(1) any citizen of Pakistan or any person in the service of Pakistan in any place without and beyond Pakistan]; Sub-sec. (1) subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, XXVII of 1981. (2)[As amended byA.0. 1949 Sch. has been omitted by AO.1961, Art. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 23rd March, 1956)]; (3) [Omitted by the Federal Laws (revision and Declaration) Ordinance, XXVII of 1981]; (4) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in Pakistan wherever it may be. Explanation: In this section the word "offence" includes every act committed outside Pakistan which, if committed in Pakistan, would be punishable under this Code. Illustrations (a) A a Pakistani subject, commits a murder in Uganda. He can be tried and convicted of murder in any place in Pakistan in which he may be found. (b) [Omitted by Federal Laws (Revision & Declaration) Ordinance, XXVII of 1981]. [(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.] Clause (c) subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision & Declaration) Ordinance, XXVII of 1981.