PPC Section 338-G | Rules:

PPC Section 338-G

338G. Rules.__ 

[(1)] The Government may, in consultation with the Council of Islamic Ideology, by notification in the official Gazette, make such rules as it may consider necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Chapter. 

[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Federal Government may, by Notification in the official Gazette, make rules regarding the following matters, namely: _

• (a) providing mechanism for creation of a fund, which shall be non-lapsable and exempted from taxes, for the purpose of making of payment of diyat, arsh and daman of the convicts, who, on account of poverty and weak financial position are confined in jails for want of making the said payment;
• (b) facility of extending soft loans out of the said fund to the convicts enabling them to satisfy the claim of legal heirs of the deceased or victims in respect of diyat, arsh and daman;
• (c) in appropriate cases release of such prisoners on parole by the court who after having served out the substantive sentence of imprisonment, if any, are confined in jails on account of non-payment of diyat, arsh and daman;
• (d) providing jobs to the said convicts, other than the Government department in the work places attached with the jails or through the social organizations or philanthropists, enabling the convicts to disburse the amount paid out of the fund or extended through loans;
• (e) mechanism for protecting rights of the victims for the purpose of diyat, arsh and daman; and
• (f) any other matter for which the rules may be necessary to carry out the aforesaid purposes.]