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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. 2(a)
- B. 2(b)
- C. 2(c)
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 2(c) defines evidence under the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order. The neighbouring clauses define other foundational terms such as fact and…
Correct answer: 2(c)- A. Exceptions
- B. Definitions
- C. Kinds of evidence
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 2 is the interpretation provision of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, collecting the meanings of important terms used throughout the…
Correct answer: Definitions- A. Proceedings before Tribunals
- B. Proceedings before special Courts
- C. Proceedings before an Arbitrator
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Qanun-e-Shahadat Order applies to judicial proceedings before courts and tribunals, but its definition of court excludes proceedings…
Correct answer: Proceedings before an Arbitrator- A. Requirement of time
- B. Conformity with the injunction of Quran and Sunnah
- C. Advance change
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Evidence Act was replaced by the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order to bring the law of evidence into conformity with the injunctions of the Quran…
Correct answer: Conformity with the injunction of Quran and Sunnah- A. Evidence Act, 1978
- B. Evidence Act, 1908
- C. Evidence Act, 1872
- D. None of these
Explanation: The Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 repealed the colonial Evidence Act, 1872.
Correct answer: Evidence Act, 1872- A. A to prove B has committed Crime
- B. The Court that has committed a crime
- C. B's that he has not committed crime
- D. None of these
Explanation: A person who asks the Court to impose criminal liability asserts that B committed the crime, so A must prove that assertion.
Correct answer: A to prove B has committed Crime- A. A
- B. Prosecution
- C. Medical Officer
- D. None of these
Explanation: Insanity is an exception that the accused must establish when it is specifically pleaded, under the burden-of-proof rules.
Correct answer: A- A. Irrelevant
- B. Relevant
- C. Depends upon circumstances
- D. None of these
Explanation: A medical officer’s opinion is relevant because poisoning is a matter requiring specialised medical knowledge, and expert opinion may…
Correct answer: Relevant- A. 46
- B. 46(1)
- C. 46(11)
- D. None of these
Explanation: Article 46(1) of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order makes relevant a statement by a deceased person concerning the cause of death or the…
Correct answer: 46(1)- A. Cross examination
- B. Re-examination
- C. Examination in Chief
- D. None of these
Explanation: When an accused person, including an accomplice where legally competent, gives evidence, the opposing side may test that evidence through…
Correct answer: Cross examination- A. Admissible in law
- B. Not admissible in law
- C. Depends upon circumstances
- D. None of these
Explanation: A confession made to a police officer is generally inadmissible, and a confession made while in police custody is ordinarily excluded…
Correct answer: Not admissible in law- A. Great importance in law
- B. No sanctity in law
- C. Depends upon circumstances
- D. None of these
Explanation: A confession extracted through an oath or a promise of secrecy has no independent legal sanctity when the law does not permit the accused…
Correct answer: No sanctity in law- A. Civil cases
- B. Family cases
- C. Criminal cases
- D. None of these
Explanation: “Confession” is principally used for an admission of guilt in criminal proceedings, whereas admissions are the broader concept commonly…
Correct answer: Criminal cases- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. None of these
Explanation: Confession is generally divided into judicial confession, made before a court or magistrate, and extra-judicial confession, made outside…
Correct answer: 2- A. Relevant
- B. Irrelevant
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of these
Explanation: Being in Lahore on the day of an alleged offence in Peshawar supports an alibi because it makes A’s presence at the crime scene less…
Correct answer: Relevant- A. 22
- B. 24
- C. 26
- D. None of these
Explanation: The alibi principle operates through Article 24, which covers facts fixing the time or place of a relevant event and facts supporting or…
Correct answer: 24- A. Magistrate having jurisdiction
- B. Station House Officer
- C. Public at large
- D. None of these
Explanation: An identification parade is ordinarily conducted under the supervision of a magistrate, which helps preserve impartiality and reduces the…
Correct answer: Magistrate having jurisdiction- A. Procedure of conducting identification parade
- B. Parade of any armed department
- C. None of above
- D. None of these
Explanation: In this context, a parade means the procedure in which a suspect is placed among other persons so that a witness may attempt…
Correct answer: Procedure of conducting identification parade- A. Law
- B. Prudence
- C. Fact
- D. None of these
Explanation: Identification is ordinarily a rule of prudence used to strengthen testimony, not an absolute rule of law requiring identification in…
Correct answer: Prudence- A. Closely connected
- B. No relation
- C. Participator
- D. None of these
Explanation: Res gestae literally means things done and refers to facts or statements closely connected with the main event as part of the same…
Correct answer: Closely connected