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  • A. Great importance in law
  • B. No sanctity in law
  • C. Depends upon circumstances
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A confession extracted through an oath or a promise of secrecy has no independent legal sanctity when the law does not permit the accused…

Correct answer: No sanctity in law
  • A. Civil cases
  • B. Family cases
  • C. Criminal cases
  • D. None of these

Explanation: “Confession” is principally used for an admission of guilt in criminal proceedings, whereas admissions are the broader concept commonly…

Correct answer: Criminal cases
  • A. 2
  • B. 1
  • C. 3
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Confession is generally divided into judicial confession, made before a court or magistrate, and extra-judicial confession, made outside…

Correct answer: 2
  • A. Irrelevant
  • B. Relevant
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Being in Lahore on the day of an alleged offence in Peshawar supports an alibi because it makes A’s presence at the crime scene less…

Correct answer: Relevant
  • A. 22
  • B. 26
  • C. 24
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The alibi principle operates through Article 24, which covers facts fixing the time or place of a relevant event and facts supporting or…

Correct answer: 24
  • A. None of these
  • B. Station House Officer
  • C. Public at large
  • D. Magistrate having jurisdiction

Explanation: An identification parade is ordinarily conducted under the supervision of a magistrate, which helps preserve impartiality and reduces the…

Correct answer: Magistrate having jurisdiction
  • A. Parade of any armed department
  • B. Procedure of conducting identification parade
  • C. None of above
  • D. None of these

Explanation: In this context, a parade means the procedure in which a suspect is placed among other persons so that a witness may attempt…

Correct answer: Procedure of conducting identification parade
  • A. Law
  • B. Fact
  • C. Prudence
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Identification is ordinarily a rule of prudence used to strengthen testimony, not an absolute rule of law requiring identification in…

Correct answer: Prudence
  • A. None of these
  • B. No relation
  • C. Participator
  • D. Closely connected

Explanation: Res gestae literally means things done and refers to facts or statements closely connected with the main event as part of the same…

Correct answer: Closely connected
  • A. 24, Qanun-e-Shahadat
  • B. 26, Qanun-e-Shahdat
  • C. 28, Qanun-e-Shahadat
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The plea of alibi is dealt with under Article 24 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, concerning facts needed to explain or introduce relevant…

Correct answer: 24, Qanun-e-Shahadat
  • A. Article 18
  • B. Article 20
  • C. Article 19
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Article 19 of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order embodies the res gestae rule by admitting facts forming part of the same transaction.

Correct answer: Article 19
  • A. None of these
  • B. Irrelevant fact
  • C. None of above
  • D. Relevant fact

Explanation: Statements or acts occurring shortly before, during, or shortly after the beating may form part of the same transaction and are therefore…

Correct answer: Relevant fact
  • A. Two women witnesses with one male witness
  • B. Three female witnesses with one male witness
  • C. Four female witness with a male witness
  • D. None of these

Explanation: For a financial or future-obligation matter, the statutory alternative is one man and two women witnesses.

Correct answer: Two women witnesses with one male witness
  • A. Production of title deed of witness
  • B. Accomplice
  • C. Credibility of a witness
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Article 16 recognizes the competency of an accomplice as a witness, subject to the special restriction applicable in Qisas and Hadd cases.

Correct answer: Accomplice
  • A. Tazir
  • B. Felony
  • C. Qisas and Hadd
  • D. None of these

Explanation: An accomplice is generally competent to testify against an accused, but the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order excludes this competence in Qisas and…

Correct answer: Qisas and Hadd
  • A. None of these
  • B. Protected from
  • C. Depends upon wish of advocate
  • D. Not protected from

Explanation: Advocate-client privilege does not protect a communication made to advance a criminal or fraudulent purpose.

Correct answer: Not protected from
  • A. Special Order of Superior Court
  • B. His own wish
  • C. Order of Advocate General
  • D. None of these

Explanation: A judicial officer such as a Magistrate cannot ordinarily be compelled to explain how a deposition was taken; a special order of a…

Correct answer: Special Order of Superior Court
  • A. 2
  • B. 4
  • C. 3
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Zina-bil-jabr may be proved through confession or the testimony of four adult Muslim males of integrity.

Correct answer: 4
  • A. 1st
  • B. 2nd
  • C. None of the above
  • D. 3rd

Explanation: The Third Schedule to the Police Order, 2002 contains the prescribed certificate of appointment.

Correct answer: 3rd
  • A. Form of oath or affirmations by members of Police
  • B. Form of oath or affirmation by officers of senior ranks
  • C. Form of oath or affirmation by junior ranks of police members
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: The Second Schedule prescribes the form of oath or affirmation for members of the police generally.

Correct answer: Form of oath or affirmations by members of Police