All Free Law and Constitution MCQs with Answers

• A. Session Court
• B. Court empowered by the Ordinance
• C. High Court
• D. None of above

Explanation: For this Ordinance, “Court” means a court empowered by the Ordinance to exercise jurisdiction in respect of an offence.

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4

Explanation: Section 2 is the interpretation provision, so it supplies the meanings of expressions used in the Ordinance.

• A. None of above
• B. 1st December, 1960
• C. 1st January, 1961
• D. 1st November, 1960

Explanation: The Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960 was promulgated on 1 November 1960.

• A. 8
• B. 7
• C. 9
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 8 authorises the Provincial Government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act.

• A. Issuance of conditional licence
• B. Power to implement licence
• C. Released absconders who escape from supervision to be punishable
• D. None of above

Explanation: Section 7 addresses a released prisoner who absconds or escapes from supervision and makes that conduct punishable.

• A. 4
• B. 5
• C. None of above
• D. 6

Explanation: Section 6 deals with revocation of a licence, allowing the release to be cancelled when the statutory conditions are breached.

• A. 4
• B. 5
• C. 6
• D. 7

Explanation: Section 5 prescribes the form of the licence granted to a prisoner released on probation.

• A. Be discharged from prison or licence be revoked
• B. Acquitted by Court
• C. Both (a) and (b)
• D. None of above

Explanation: The licence continues until the date when the released person would otherwise have been discharged from prison, unless it is revoked…

• A. Imprisonment in default of payment of fine
• B. Imprisonment to furnish security under Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure
• C. None of above
• D. Both (a) and (b)

Explanation: For section 2, imprisonment includes both imprisonment for non-payment of a fine and imprisonment ordered for failure to furnish security…

• A. Provincial
• B. Local
• C. Federal
• D. All of above

Explanation: The release power under the Act is exercised by the Provincial Government, reflecting the administration of prisons and release within…

• A. 6
• B. 8
• C. 10
• D. 12

Explanation: The Act contains eight sections, ending with the rule-making provision.

• A. 10
• B. 9
• C. 8
• D. None of above

Explanation: The Act contains eight sections, with Section 8 dealing with the Provincial Government’s power to make rules.

• A. Provincial Government
• B. Director
• C. Assistant Director
• D. Federal Government

Explanation: Section 8 authorises the Provincial Government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act.

• A. Non-cognizable
• B. Cognizable
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of above

Explanation: The Act treats absconding or escaping from supervision as a cognizable offence, allowing the relevant authorities to take action without…

• A. Assistant Director
• B. Provincial Government
• C. Federal Government
• D. Director

Explanation: Section 6 gives the Provincial Government power to revoke a licence when the released prisoner violates its conditions or otherwise falls…

• A. Federal Government
• B. None of above
• C. Both (a) and (b)
• D. Provincial Government

Explanation: The Provincial Government prescribes the licence’s form and conditions through general or special orders or rules.

• A. 3
• B. 3A
• C. 4
• D. 4A

Explanation: Section 4 ensures that the period spent on release is counted as part of the imprisonment sentence for calculating the period served.

• A. 2
• B. 3
• C. 4
• D. 5

Explanation: Section 3 deals with the period for which the release licence remains in force.

• A. Affidavit by the prisoner
• B. Certificate
• C. License
• D. Compromise

Explanation: Release under Section 2 is made on a licence, which sets out the conditions the prisoner must observe during the period of probation.

• A. 1
• B. 2-B
• C. 2A
• D. 2

Explanation: Section 2 empowers the Government to release a person confined in prison on a licence, subject to the statutory conditions.