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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. Escape
  • B. Savings
  • C. Final release
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Order 50 is the savings provision, preserving the effect of earlier actions or arrangements despite the operation of the relevant parole…

Correct answer: Savings
  • A. P.P.C
  • B. Prison Rules
  • C. Code of Criminal Procedure
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 394 in this procedural context is a provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure, not the Pakistan Penal Code or the Prison Rules.

Correct answer: Code of Criminal Procedure
  • A. Assistant Director
  • B. Director
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The Parole Officer reports the absconding or failure to return to the Assistant Director, who handles the immediate administrative action…

Correct answer: Assistant Director
  • A. 48
  • B. 49
  • C. 50
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Order 48 deals with revocation of a parole licence. This follows the provisions concerning employment and leave and precedes the later…

Correct answer: 48
  • A. 47
  • B. 48
  • C. 49
  • D. 50

Explanation: Order 47 provides for the disposal of parolees for whom suitable employment is not available.

Correct answer: 47
  • A. 45A
  • B. 46
  • C. 47
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Order 46 deals with casual leave for parolees. The leave is earned through approved work and good conduct under the related provisions.

Correct answer: 46
  • A. Private Hospital
  • B. Jail Hospital
  • C. Sub-Jail Hospital
  • D. Both A and C

Explanation: For serious illness, the parolee may be sent as an indoor patient to the nearest private hospital or sub-jail hospital.

Correct answer: Both A and C
  • A. 41
  • B. 42
  • C. 43
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Order 43 of the Executive Orders on Parole, 1934 addresses the sickness of a parolee.

Correct answer: 43
  • A. Forty days
  • B. Thirty days
  • C. Twenty days
  • D. Fifteen days

Explanation: Order 39 grants a parolee who remains offence-free for one year a remission of fifteen days as annual good-conduct remission.

Correct answer: Fifteen days
  • A. 37 to 39
  • B. 37 to 40
  • C. 37 to 41
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The remission provisions run from Orders 37 through 41, covering the monthly good-work remission and related remission rules.

Correct answer: 37 to 41
  • A. Six days
  • B. Seven days
  • C. Eight days
  • D. Nine of days

Explanation: Order 37 allows six days of remission in a month for good work and an absence of complaints.

Correct answer: Six days
  • A. Superintendent of Jail
  • B. Director
  • C. Assistnat Director
  • D. Parole Officer

Explanation: Although the employer or the employer’s agent disburses the pay, payment is made through the Parole Officer.

Correct answer: Parole Officer
  • A. Daily work
  • B. Daily expenses
  • C. Advances made to parolees
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Order 35 requires a register of advances made to parolees, creating a record of money provided for their initial needs.

Correct answer: Advances made to parolees
  • A. Cooking utensils
  • B. Foodstuff for a first few days
  • C. Clothing and blankets etC.
  • D. All of above

Explanation: The Parole Officer may advance money for cooking utensils, initial food supplies, and clothing or blankets, subject to the prescribed…

Correct answer: All of above
  • A. 26
  • B. 27
  • C. 29
  • D. 30

Explanation: Order 30 requires a Parole Officer to maintain a personal file for each prisoner released on parole and employed under the officer’s…

Correct answer: 30
  • A. 23(5)
  • B. 23A
  • C. 24
  • D. 25

Explanation: Order 25 concerns the written agreement between the Parole Officer and the employer.

Correct answer: 25
  • A. {1}
  • B. {2}
  • C. {3}
  • D. {4}

Explanation: Order 23(3) concerns the licence entry restricting the parolee from visiting specified places.

Correct answer: {3}
  • A. Those who have been awarded jail punishment after the submission of rolls for parole release
  • B. Those who have more than two convictions to their credit and appears to be hardened criminals
  • C. Both A and B
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Both categories require special scrutiny before delivery: prisoners punished after parole rolls were submitted, and prisoners with…

Correct answer: Both A and B
  • A. 15
  • B. 16
  • C. 17
  • D. 18

Explanation: Order 18 covers the Superintendent’s duty to supply the Parole Officer with the parolee and the relevant documents.

Correct answer: 18