The High Treason (Punishment) Act, 1973

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          THE HIGH TREASON (PUNISHMENT) ACT, 1973




                                         CONTENTS

1.   Short title, extent and commencement

2.   Punishment for high treason, etc.

3.   Procedure




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                 THE HIGH TREASON (PUNISHMENT) ACT, 1973
                                       ACT NO. LXVIII OF 1973

                                                                               [26th September, 1973]

           An Act to provide for the punishment of persons found guilty of acts of abrogation or
                          subversion of a Constitution or of high treason

       WHEREAS it is necessary to provide for the punishment of persons found guilty of acts of
abrogation or subversion of a Constitution or of high treason;

       It is hereby enacted as follows :—

       1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the High Treason
(Punishment) Act, 1973.

       (2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.

       (3) It shall come into force at once.

       2. Punishment for high treason, etc.—A person who is found guilty—

              (a)     of having committed an act of abrogation or subversion of a Constitution in
                      force in Pakistan at any time since the twenty-third day of March, 1956, or

              (b)     of high treason as defined in Article 6 of the Constitution, shall be punishable
                      with death or imprisonment for life.

        3. Procedure.—No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act
except upon a complaint in writing made by a person authorised by the Federal Government in this
behalf.


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