Election Act 2017 Mcqs

A. Section 194
B. Section 199
C. Section 177
D. Section 241

Section 194 – Powers of a Police Officer.— A Police Officer may:
(a) arrest without warrant, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code, any person who— (i) commits personation or an offence under section 183 if the Presiding Officer directs him to arrest such person; or (ii) while being removed from the polling station by the Presiding Officer, commits any offence at the polling station;
(b) remove any notice, sign, banner or flag used in contravention of section 177; and (c) seize any instrument or apparatus used in contravention of section 176 and take such steps, including use of force, as may be reasonably necessary for preventing such contravention.

A. Section 190
B. Section 189
C. Section 184
D. Section 183

A. Section 106
B. Section 176
C. Section 186
D. Section 196

Section 176 – Disorderly conduct near polling station.— A person is guilty of disorderly conduct near a polling station if he, on the polling day:
(a) uses, in such manner as to be audible within the polling station, any gramophone, megaphone, loudspeaker or other apparatus for reproducing or amplifying sounds;
(b) persistently shouts in such manner as to be audible within the polling station;
(c) does any act which— (i) disturbs or causes annoyance to any voter visiting a polling station for the purpose of voting; or (ii) interferes with the performance of the duty of an election official or any person on duty at a polling station; or
(d) abets the doing of any of these acts.

A. Section 177
B. Section 174
C. Section 181
D. Section 184
Section 174 – Penalty for corrupt practice.

A. Section 189
B. Section 171
C. Section 173
D. Section 175

Section 171 – Capturing a polling station or polling booth.— A person is guilty of capturing a polling station or polling booth if he:
(a) seizes a polling station or a polling booth or a place fixed for the poll or makes polling authorities surrender the ballot papers or ballot box or both and does any other act which affects the orderly conduct of elections;
(b) takes possession of a polling station or a polling booth or a place fixed for the poll and allows his supporters to exercise their right to vote while preventing others from free exercise of their right to vote;
(c) coerces, intimidates or threatens, directly or indirectly, any voter and prevents him from going to the polling station or a place fixed for the poll to cast his vote; or
(d) being in the service of any Government or corporation or institution controlled by the Government, commits all or any of the aforesaid activities or aids or connives in, any such activity in furtherance of the prospects of the election of a candidate

A. Section 135
B. Section 170
C. Section 169
D. Section 137

A. 9
B. 8
C. 6
D. 4

The eight laws which were consolidated in the Election Act 2017 of the parliament include Electoral Rolls Act 1974, Delimitation of Constituencies Act 1974, Senate Election Act 1975; Representation of the People Act 1976, Election Commission Order 2002, Conduct of General Elections Order 2002, Political Parties Order 2002 and Allocation of Symbols Order 2002.

A. October 5, 2017
B. October 4, 2017
C. October 3, 2017
D. October 2, 2017

A. Section 107
B. Section 108
C. Section 109
D. Section 110

Section 107. Notification for election.— (1) The Commission shall, by notification in the official Gazette, call upon the Members of the Assembly of a Province, the National Assembly or, as the case may be, Members of the National Assembly elected from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to elect such number of Members to the Senate from that Province, Islamabad Capital Territory or, as the case may be, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas as is specified in the notification.

A. Section 139
B. Section 138
C. Section 137
D. Section 140