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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. ALFETAMINE
- B. AMOBARBITAL
- C. ALLOBARBITA
- D. None of above
Explanation: The wording appears to contain typographical errors and is intended to mean 5,5-diallylbarbituric acid, the chemical name of allobarbital.
Correct answer: ALLOBARBITA- A. Repeal
- B. Savings
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 78 provides both for repeal of the earlier law and for savings, preserving matters such as prior actions and liabilities where…
Correct answer: Both A and B143. Section 77, of the Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997 empowers __________ to make rules?
- A. Supreme Court
- B. Provincial Government
- C. Federal Government
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 77 delegates rule-making authority to the Federal Government, allowing it to prescribe rules for carrying out the Act.
Correct answer: Federal Government- A. 73
- B. 74
- C. 75
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 75 provides indemnity to the Federal Government and Provincial Government for actions taken under the Control of Narcotic…
Correct answer: 75- A. Extradition
- B. Explanations
- C. Exhibitions
- D. All of above
Explanation: Section 66 concerns extradition, meaning the surrender of a person by one state to another for prosecution or punishment.
Correct answer: Extradition- A. Material penalty
- B. Pecuniary penalty
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: A fine is a pecuniary penalty, meaning a monetary punishment imposed by law.
Correct answer: Pecuniary penalty- A. Assistance from detained persons
- B. Evidence gathering, order of search warrants
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 60 deals with a foreign state's request for assistance from persons detained in Pakistan.
Correct answer: Assistance from detained persons- A. 56
- B. 57
- C. 58
- D. All of above
Explanation: Section 58 provides the mechanism by which a foreign state may request assistance under the Act.
Correct answer: 58- A. VIIA
- B. VIII
- C. IX
- D. All of above
Explanation: International cooperation is placed in Chapter VIII of the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997.
Correct answer: VIII- A. Local press
- B. Official Gazette
- C. International press
- D. None of above
Explanation: The National Fund for the Control of Drug Abuse is constituted by notification in the Official Gazette.
Correct answer: Official Gazette- A. 51
- B. 52
- C. 52(1)
- D. 53
Explanation: Section 53 requires the Government to establish centres for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts.
Correct answer: 53- A. Provincial Government
- B. Ministry of Law
- C. Federal Government
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 52 places the registration of addicts under the Provincial Government.
Correct answer: Provincial Government- A. Treatment of addict
- B. Rehabilitation of addicts
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: Chapter VI combines both aspects of dealing with addiction: treatment of addicts and their rehabilitation.
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. 50
- B. 51
- C. 52
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 51 places restrictions on the grant of bail under the Control of Narcotic Substances Act, reflecting the Act's stricter approach…
Correct answer: 51- A. Special Court comprising Session Judge
- B. Special Court comprising Additional Session Judge
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: When multiple Special Courts presided over by Judicial Magistrates exist, transfer authority is exercised by a Special Court presided over…
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. District Court
- B. High Court
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: If multiple Special Courts fall within the territorial jurisdiction of one High Court, the High Court may transfer a case between them by…
Correct answer: High Court- A. Special Court comprising Session Judge
- B. Special Court Comprising Additional Session Judge
- C. Both A and B
- D. None of above
Explanation: An order of a Special Court presided over by a Judicial Magistrate is appealable to a Special Court presided over by a Sessions Judge or…
Correct answer: Both A and B- A. High Court
- B. Feder Shariat Court
- C. Supreme Court
- D. None of above
Explanation: Orders of Special Courts presided over by a Sessions Judge or Additional Sessions Judge are challenged before the High Court.
Correct answer: High Court- A. Qanun-e-Shahadat
- B. Code of Criminal Procedure
- C. Both (a) and (b)
- D. None of above
Explanation: Section 47 makes the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 applicable to proceedings under the Act, subject to the Act's special provisions.
Correct answer: Code of Criminal Procedure160. Qualification of the Judge of Special Court is provided in section 46 sub-section________________?
- A. {1}
- B. {2}
- C. {3}
- D. None of above
Explanation: The qualifications for a Special Court judge are set out in section 46(3), so the relevant subsection is subsection 3 rather than…
Correct answer: {3}