Sunday, 4 May 2014

Pakistan Penal Code 1860 Section 374

374.  Unlawful compulsory labour.--(1) Whoever unlawfully compels any person to labour against the will of that person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to [five] years or with fine, or with both.

(2)  Whoever compels a prisoner of war or a protected person to serve in the Armed Forces of Pakistan shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year.

Explanation.--In this Section the expressions "prisoner of war" and "protected person" shall have the same meaning as have been assigned to them respectively by Article 4 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949, and Article 4 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of August 12, 1949, ratified by Pakistan on the 2nd June, 1951].

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