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