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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. With rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years
- B. Whipping not exceeding seventy stripes
- C. With confiscation of all his moveable property as fine
- D. All of the above punishments
Explanation: Section 21 provides a combined punishment for rassagiri or patharidari: rigorous imprisonment up to fourteen years, whipping up to seventy…
Correct answer: All of the above punishments- A. Rassagiri
- B. Patharidari
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 21 addresses both rassagiri and patharidari, including the punishment applicable to either offence.
Correct answer: Both A and B1243. Section 20 of the Offence Against Property Ordinance deals with Harrabah liable to_________________?
- A. Hadd
- B. Tazir
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 20 classifies harrabah as an offence punishable by tazir, rather than prescribing the fixed hadd punishment.
Correct answer: Tazir- A. Imprisonment for life
- B. Death imposed as hadd
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: When an adult offender commits murder during harrabah, the prescribed punishment is death imposed as hadd.
Correct answer: Death imposed as hadd- A. 30 stripes of whipping and rigorous imprisonment
- B. 40 stripes of whipping and rigorous imprisonment
- C. 50 stripes of whipping and rigorous imprisonment
- D. None of above
Explanation: Where harrabah involves neither murder nor taking property, the ordinance provides whipping not exceeding 30 stripes along with rigorous…
Correct answer: 30 stripes of whipping and rigorous imprisonment1246. For proof of harrabah section____________, of the Offence Against Property Ordinance, will apply?
- A. 6
- B. 7
- C. 8
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 7 sets out the rules for proving harrabah, including the legally recognized modes of proof.
Correct answer: 7- A. Haraabah
- B. Assault
- C. Threat
- D. All of above
Explanation: Harrabah is established by a forcible attempt to take another’s property accompanied by attack, wrongful restraint, or fear of death or…
Correct answer: Haraabah1248. When a person committed theft under ikrah or iztirar he shall not be liable to_________________?
- A. Hadd
- B. Tazir
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Theft committed under ikrah, meaning coercion, or iztirar, meaning necessity, is exempt from the fixed hadd punishment because the…
Correct answer: Hadd- A. Harah
- B. Iztirar
- C. Istihfam
- D. All of above
Explanation: Iztirar describes a state of necessity in which extreme hunger or thirst creates apprehension of death.
Correct answer: Iztirar- A. District Judge
- B. Famous and expert doctor
- C. Authorized medical officer
- D. None of above
Explanation: Hadd amputation must be performed by an authorized medical officer, ensuring that the punishment is carried out under legally and…
Correct answer: Authorized medical officer- A. His left hand from the joint of wrist
- B. His left foot upto the anle
- C. His right foot upto the ankle
- D. None of above
Explanation: For a second theft liable to hadd, the punishment shifts from the hand to amputation of the left foot up to the ankle.
Correct answer: His left foot upto the anle- A. 7
- B. 8
- C. 9
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 9 provides the punishment for theft liable to hadd, including the prescribed amputation.
Correct answer: 9- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 5
- D. None of above
Explanation: The law recognises three essential conditions for establishing theft liable to hadd.
Correct answer: 3- A. Various kinds of Hirz
- B. Various kinds of Nisabs
- C. Proof of theft liable to Hadd
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 7 sets out how theft liable to hadd is proved, including confession and qualifying witness testimony.
Correct answer: Proof of theft liable to Hadd1255. The value of nisab is given in section ____________ of the Offence Against Property Ordinance, 1979?
- A. 5
- B. 6
- C. 7
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 6 specifies the nisab requirement for theft liable to hadd and identifies the minimum value threshold of the stolen property.
Correct answer: 6- A. Huge amount
- B. Nisab
- C. 100,000
- D. None of above
Explanation: Hadd punishment for theft requires the stolen property to reach the legally prescribed nisab.
Correct answer: Nisab- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. None of above
Explanation: For this ordinance, theft is broadly divided into theft liable to hadd and theft liable to ta'zir.
Correct answer: 2- A. Holy Quran
- B. Sunnah
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Hadd denotes a fixed punishment ordained by Islamic sources, principally the Holy Quran and Sunnah.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. 18 years
- B. 19 years
- C. 20 years
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 2(a) treats a person as an adult at eighteen years for purposes of the ordinance.
Correct answer: 18 years- A. 1st day of January, 1979
- B. 10th day of February, 1979
- C. 10th day of March, 1979
- D. None of above
Explanation: The Offence Against Property Ordinance, 1979 came into force on 10 February 1979. The January and March dates are therefore incorrect.
Correct answer: 10th day of February, 1979