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Criminal law identifies offences against the state, persons and property, and explains the requirements of actus reus and mens rea for establishing liability. It also covers stages of crime, abetment, attempt, joint and common intention, general exceptions, criminal responsibility and punishments, distinguishing substantive offences from criminal procedure.
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- A. Fourteen years
- B. Sixteen years
- C. Eighteen years
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, a child was a person who had not attained 18 years of age when the offence was…
Correct answer: Eighteen years- A. Juvenile house
- B. Juvenile hostel
- C. Borstal institution
- D. All of above
Explanation: A Borstal institution is specifically intended for the detention, education, training and moral and psychological development of child…
Correct answer: Borstal institution- A. Specific areas
- B. Whole of Pakistan
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000 was a federal enactment extending throughout Pakistan, rather than being limited to specified…
Correct answer: Whole of Pakistan- A. Juvenile Justice System Ordinance
- B. Juvenile Justice System Act
- C. Minor's Act
- D. None of above
Explanation: The enactment was formally titled the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000.
Correct answer: Juvenile Justice System Ordinance- A. A Muslim
- B. A Non-Muslim
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: For a non-Muslim accused under the Offence of Zina Ordinance, the presiding officer could be Muslim or non-Muslim.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. Federal Shariat Court
- B. Session Court
- C. High Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: Appeals in Hudood cases were directed to the Federal Shariat Court, which exercised the relevant appellate jurisdiction under the Hudood…
Correct answer: Federal Shariat Court- A. 9 of the offence of Zina Ordinance, 1979
- B. 10 to the Offence of Zina Ordinance, 1979
- C. 11, of the Offence of Zina Ordinance, 1979
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 9 of the Offence of Zina Ordinance, 1979 dealt with cases in which the hadd punishment was not to be enforced.
Correct answer: 9 of the offence of Zina Ordinance, 1979- A. Be liable to Hadd
- B. Be liable to Tazir
- C. Be liable to any other punishment
- D. None of above
Explanation: Retracting a confession before enforcement of hadd prevents the hadd punishment based on that confession, but liability to tazir may…
Correct answer: Be liable to Tazir- A. 5
- B. 8
- C. 7
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 8 of the Offence of Zina Ordinance, 1979 prescribed the modes of proof for zina and zina-bil-jabr liable to hadd.
Correct answer: 8- A. Whipping numbering 70, stripes
- B. Whipping numbering 80, stripes
- C. Whipping numbering 100, stripes
- D. None of above
Explanation: For a non-Muhsin offender, Section 5 prescribes 100 stripes at a public place as the hadd punishment.
Correct answer: Whipping numbering 100, stripes- A. 10th January, 1979
- B. 10th February, 1979
- C. 10th March, 1979
- D. None of above
Explanation: The Offence of Zina Ordinance, 1979 was enforced on 10 February 1979. The date is commonly tested as the commencement date of the Hudood…
Correct answer: 10th February, 1979- A. Court Officer
- B. Magistrate of the trial
- C. Witnesses who depose against the accused
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under Section 17, the witnesses who gave evidence against the convict begin the stoning when the punishment is based on their testimony.
Correct answer: Witnesses who depose against the accused- A. Shall be Muslim
- B. Shall be from any religion
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Where the accused is Muslim, the presiding officer must also be Muslim under the Ordinance.
Correct answer: Shall be Muslim- A. 18 of the Offence of Zina Ordinance
- B. 20 of the Offence of Zina Ordinance
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 20 applies the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 to proceedings under the Zina Ordinance, subject to the Ordinance’s special…
Correct answer: 20 of the Offence of Zina Ordinance- A. 15
- B. 16
- C. 17
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 17 sets out the manner in which rajm, or stoning to death, is to be carried out.
Correct answer: 17- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. None of above
Explanation: Zina liable to hadd requires the testimony of four truthful Muslim adult male witnesses who directly witnessed the act.
Correct answer: 4- A. Stoned to death at public place
- B. Stoned to death in person
- C. Stoned to death in Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: A Muhsin offender is subject to rajm, meaning stoning to death, and the execution is carried out at a public place.
Correct answer: Stoned to death at public place- A. Zina liable to Hadd
- B. Zina liable to Tazir
- C. Zina liable to Fine
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 5 classifies and prescribes the punishment for zina liable to hadd, including the different treatment of a Muhsin and a non-Muhsin…
Correct answer: Zina liable to Hadd- A. 16
- B. 18
- C. 20
- D. None of above
Explanation: Under the Offence of Zina Ordinance, an adult is generally understood as a person who has attained 18 years, subject to the statutory…
Correct answer: 18- A. Provincial Assembly
- B. Auditor General
- C. High Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 554 Cr.P.C. authorizes the High Court to make rules regulating inspection of records of subordinate Courts.
Correct answer: High Court