1) Whoever causes, on the head or face of any person, any hurt which does not amount to itlaf-i-udw or itlaf-i-salahiyyati-udw, is said to cause shajjah.

(2) The following are the kinds of shajjah, namely:

1. Shajjah-i-Khafifah (‫;)شجہ خفیفہ‬
2. Shajjah-i-mudihah (‫;)شجہ موضعہ‬ Ins. & added by Act XXV (Second Amdt.) of 2011, s.2-3.
3. Shajjah-i-munaqqilah (‫;)شجہ منقولہ‬
4. Shajjah-i-ammah (‫ ;)شجہ امہ‬and
5. Shajjah-i-damighah. (‫)شجہ دامعنہ‬ (3) Whoever causes shajjah,

1. without exposing bone of the victim, is said to cause shajjah-i-khafifah ; (ii) by exposing any bone of the victim without causing fracture, is said to cause shajjah-i-mudihah ; (iii) by fracturing the bone of the victim, without dislocating it, is said to cause shajjah-i-hashimah ; (iv) by causing fracture of the bone of the victim and thereby bone is dislocated, is said to cause shajjah-i-munaqqilah ;
2. by causing fracture of the skull of the victim so that the wound touches the membrane of the brain, is said to cause shajjah-i-ammah ; and (vi) by causing fracture of the skull of the victim and the wound ruptures the membrane of the brain is said to cause shajjah-i-damighah.