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Civil law governs disputes involving private rights, including contracts, property, family relations, torts and compensation. The subject explains breach of duty, civil liability, damages, specific relief, injunctions and other remedies, while distinguishing private claims between individuals from criminal proceedings brought to punish offences against the state.
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- A. Fifteen days, from the date of the sale
- B. Twenty days, from the date of sale
- C. Thirty days, from the date of sale
- D. None of above
Explanation: An application by a judgment-debtor to set aside a sale in execution of a decree is subject to a 30-day limitation period beginning on the…
Correct answer: Thirty days, from the date of sale- A. Twenty days, from the date of decree or order
- B. Thirty days, from the date of decree or order
- C. Ninety days, from the date of decree or order
- D. None of above
Explanation: The limitation period for reviewing a High Court judgment given in its original jurisdiction is 20 days from the decree or order.
Correct answer: Twenty days, from the date of decree or order- A. Ten days, when the summons are served
- B. Fifteen days, when the summons are served
- C. Twenty days, when the summons are served
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under the summary procedure in Order XXXVII, the defendant must apply for leave to defend within 10 days after service of summons.
Correct answer: Ten days, when the summons are served- A. Thirty days from the date of decree or order
- B. Sixty days from the date of decree or order
- C. Ninety days from the date of decree of order
- D. None of above
Explanation: An appeal from a decree or order of a Civil Judge to the District Judge must ordinarily be filed within 30 days of the decree or order.
Correct answer: Thirty days from the date of decree or order205. Time limitation for filing suit for compensation for false imprisonment is _____________________?
- A. Two years
- B. Three years
- C. One year
- D. None of above
Explanation: A suit seeking compensation for false imprisonment must be brought within one year.
Correct answer: One year206. The time limitation for filing suit for specific performance of a contract is _______________ years?
- A. Three
- B. Four
- C. Five
- D. None of above
Explanation: A suit for specific performance is subject to a three-year limitation period, calculated from the relevant date fixed by the Limitation…
Correct answer: Three- A. From the origin of the act
- B. From the time when the injury results
- C. None of above
- D. None of above
Explanation: Where the act itself does not create a cause of action until actual injury occurs, limitation begins when that injury results, not when…
Correct answer: From the time when the injury results- A. 12 to 25
- B. 12 to 20
- C. 15 to 25
- D. 12 to 29
Explanation: Chapter III of the Limitation Act, covering computation of limitation periods, comprises sections 12 to 25.
Correct answer: 12 to 25- A. Excluded
- B. Included
- C. Depends upon nature of the matter
- D. None of above
Explanation: The period during which the defendant is absent from Pakistan is excluded when calculating limitation, because the law prevents such…
Correct answer: Excluded- A. On local contracts
- B. Foreign Contracts
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 11 deals with suits based on contracts entered into outside the territories to which the Act applies, commonly described as…
Correct answer: Foreign Contracts- A. No subsequent disability or inability sue to can stop it
- B. It can be stopped by subsequent disability
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 9 embodies the continuous-running rule: once limitation starts, a later disability or inability to sue does not stop it.
Correct answer: No subsequent disability or inability sue to can stop it- A. Within limitation period
- B. Out of limitation period
- C. Depends upon courts discretion to permit such a litigant to do so.
- D. None of above
Explanation: A person under a recognised legal disability may sue after the ordinary period would otherwise have expired, but only within the statutory…
Correct answer: Out of limitation period- A. 5-A
- B. 6
- C. 6-A
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 6 contains the principal rule on legal disability, allowing limitation to be extended where the person entitled to sue is a minor…
Correct answer: 6- A. The suit appeal or application can not be filed later
- B. The suit, appeal or application may be instituted preferred on the day when Court re-opens
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 4 prevents a limitation period from expiring when the court is closed: the suit, appeal or application may be filed on the day the…
Correct answer: The suit, appeal or application may be instituted preferred on the day when Court re-opens- A. 2
- B. 2-A
- C. 3
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 2 contains the definitions used throughout the Limitation Act, including terms such as applicant, defendant, good faith, period of…
Correct answer: 2- A. First day of January, 1909
- B. First day of March, 1009
- C. First day of May, 1909
- D. None of above
Explanation: The Limitation Act, 1908 came into force on 1 January 1909. The other dates do not match its commencement date.
Correct answer: First day of January, 1909- A. Article 181, of Limitation Act, is applicable
- B. Article 183, of Limitation Act, is applicable
- C. Article 186, of Limitation Act, is applicable
- D. None of above
Explanation: Article 181 is the residuary provision for applications where no specific limitation period is provided elsewhere in the Schedule or under…
Correct answer: Article 181, of Limitation Act, is applicable- A. Three years
- B. Six years
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Article 183 provides a six-year limitation period for enforcing an order of the Supreme Court in its original jurisdiction.
Correct answer: Six years- A. Three years from the date of order or decree
- B. Six years, in case of appeal revision or review results
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Execution of a civil-court decree or order is generally subject to three years, while the limitation becomes six years where the decree or…
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Exceptional Article in nature
- B. Residuary Article in nature
- C. Discretionary Article in nature
- D. None of above
Explanation: Article 181 is called the residuary article because it covers applications for which the Limitation Act provides no specific period…
Correct answer: Residuary Article in nature