2.  Definitions.--In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--

(a)        "adult" means a person who has attained the age of eighteen years or puberty;

(b)        "authorised medical officer" means a medical officer, howsoever designated, authorised by Government;

(c)        "hadd" means punishment ordained by the Holy Qur'an or Sunnah;

(d)        "hirz" means an arrangement made for the custody of property;

Explanation 1.--Property placed in a house, whether its door is closed or not, or in an almirah or a box or other container or in the custody of a person, whether he is paid for such custody or not, is said to be in hirz.

Explanation 2.--If a single family is living in a house, the entire house will constitute a single hirz, but if two or more families are living in one house in severaly, the portion in the occupation of each family will constitute a separate hirz.

(e)        "imprisonment for life" means imprisonment till death;

(f)         "nisab" means the nisab as laid down in Section 6;

(g)        tazir" means any punishment other than, "hadd" and all other terms and expressions not defined in this Ordinance shall have the same meaning as in the Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860) or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898).

COMMENTARY

Adult as a person who has attained the age of eighteen years or puberty. PLJ 2005 Lahore 1.

Adult as a person who has attained the age of eighteen years or puberty. PLJ 2005 Lahore 1 = PLD 2005 Lah. 15.