APPENDIX C

THE ORDINANCE 1990

The First Ordinance of the Qisas and Diyat Law Promulgated by the
President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan during the Interim Gov-
ernment of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, on
5 September 19901

The Gazette of Pakistan

EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

ISLAMABAD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1990

PART 1
Acts, Ordinances, President’s Orders and Regulations including
Martial Law
Orders and Regulations

GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN

MINISTRY OF LAW, JUSTICE AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

(Law and Justice Division)

Islamabad, the 5th September, 1990

No. F. 2(2)/90-Pub.—The following Ordinance made by the President

on 5 September 1990 is hereby published for general information:

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ORDINANCE No. VII OF 1990

AN
ORDINANCE
further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code and the Code of Criminal
Procedure. 1898.

WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code

(Act XLV of 1860) and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act of
1898) to bring them into conformity with the Injunctions of Islam as
laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah:

AND WHERAS the National Assembly is not in session and the Presi-
dent is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to
take immediate action:

Now, THEREFORE in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of

Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the
President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:

1. Short title and commencement:—(1) This Ordinance may be called

the Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1990.

2. Substitution of section 53, Act XLV of 1860:—In the Pakistan Penal

Code (Act XLV of 1860), hereinafter referred to as the said Code,
for section 53 the following shall be substituted, namely:

“53. Punishments:—The punishments to which offenders are liable under

the provisions of this Code are,

Firstly, Qisas;
Secondly, Tazir;
Thirdly, Diyat;
Fourthly, Arsh;
Fifthly, Daman;
Sixthly, Death;
Seventhly, Imprisonment for life;
Eighthly, Imprisonment which is of two descriptions namely:—
i. Rigorous, i.e., with hard labour;
ii. Simple;
Ninthly, Forfeiture of property;
Tenthly, Fine.”