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- A. High court
- B. Both A and B
- C. Court of Session
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 3 gives the High Court and the Court of Session power to exercise the powers provided by the Ordinance.
Correct answer: Both A and B2442. Sub-section (f) of section 2 of the Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960 defines_________________?
- A. Probation rules
- B. Probation Department
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 2(f) defines the Probation Department, the government department concerned with administering probation under the Ordinance.
Correct answer: Probation Department- A. Superintendent of Police
- B. Superintendent of Jail
- C. None of above
- D. Head of the Probation Department
Explanation: The Ordinance uses “Officer-in-charge” for the head of the Probation Department, who supervises probation administration.
Correct answer: Head of the Probation Department2444. As per section 2(a) of the Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960 "Code" means_________________?
- A. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
- B. Pakistan Penal Code, 1960
- C. Prisoner Code
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 2(a) adopts the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 as the meaning of “Code” for the Ordinance.
Correct answer: Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898- A. Specified areas
- B. Whole of Pakistan
- C. Tribal areas
- D. None of above
Explanation: The Ordinance is not confined to selected or tribal areas; its territorial extent is the whole of Pakistan.
Correct answer: Whole of Pakistan- A. Section 15
- B. Section 16
- C. Section 18
- D. Section 17
Explanation: Section 17 is the final section of the Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960.
Correct answer: Section 17- A. Provincial Government
- B. Federal Government
- C. Probation Officers
- D. Local Government
Explanation: Section 15 permits delegation of powers by the Provincial Government. It is therefore distinct from the provisions describing the duties…
Correct answer: Provincial Government- A. Federal Government
- B. Provincial Government
- C. Local Government
- D. Ministry of law
Explanation: The rule-making power under section 14 belongs to the Provincial Government, enabling provincial implementation of the Ordinance.
Correct answer: Provincial Government2449. Section 13 of the Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960 deals with duties of________________?
- A. None of above
- B. Officer-in-charge
- C. Superintendent of Jail
- D. Probation Officer
Explanation: Section 13 sets out the duties of a Probation Officer, including supervision and reporting connected with persons released on probation.
Correct answer: Probation Officer- A. 10
- B. 11
- C. 12
- D. 13
Explanation: Section 12 deals with the appointment of Probation Officers. Section 13 follows it by prescribing their duties, which helps distinguish…
Correct answer: 12- A. Impose a greater punishment than the punishment which might have been imposed by the Court by which the offender was convicted
- B. Not impose a greater punishment than the punishment which might have been imposed by the Court by which the offender was convicted
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 8 protects the offender on appeal or revision by prohibiting a punishment greater than the punishment that could have been imposed…
Correct answer: Not impose a greater punishment than the punishment which might have been imposed by the Court by which the offender was convicted- A. Sentence him for the original offence
- B. Without prejudice to the continuance in force of the bond, impose upon him a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 7(3) permits both consequences after the court finds a breach: sentencing the offender for the original offence and imposing a…
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. A warrant for his arrest
- B. Summon to the offender and his sureties
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under section 7(1), the court may proceed by issuing a warrant for the offender’s arrest or by summoning the offender and the sureties to…
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. 286 and 287 Cr.P.C
- B. 386 and 387 Cr.P.C
- C. 486 and 487 Cr.P.C
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 6(3) provides that compensation or damages ordered under the Ordinance may be recovered as a fine under sections 386 and 387 of…
Correct answer: 386 and 387 Cr.P.C- A. 5(4)
- B. 7
- C. 6
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 6 is titled and concerned with orders for payment of costs and compensation to the affected person.
Correct answer: 6- A. Be released on probation
- B. Not be released on probation
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 5(1)(b) permits a female convicted of an offence not punishable with death to be released on probation, subject to the statutory…
Correct answer: Be released on probation- A. 4(2)
- B. 5
- C. 4(4)
- D. 4(3)
Explanation: Section 5 is the provision empowering the court to make a probation order in specified cases.
Correct answer: 5- A. Original hearing
- B. Appeal hearing
- C. All of above
- D. Revision hearing
Explanation: Section 3(2) allows the relevant powers to be exercised whether the case comes before the court at original hearing, on appeal, or in…
Correct answer: All of above- A. Courts empowered under P.P.C.
- B. Courts empowered under Constitution
- C. Courts empowered under the Ordinance
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 3 identifies the courts empowered to exercise jurisdiction under the Probation of Offenders Ordinance.
Correct answer: Courts empowered under the Ordinance- A. Jail Officer
- B. Police Officer
- C. Probation Officer
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 2(d) defines a “probation officer,” the officer involved in supervising and assisting persons released under probation…
Correct answer: Probation Officer