Election Act 2017 Mcqs

A. Section 17(2)
B. Section 17(1)
C. Section 18(2)
D. Section 18(1)

A. Section 219(1)
B. Section 219(4)
C. Section 219(3)
D. Section 219(2)

A. Section 122(3)
B. Section 122(4)
C. Section 122(5)
D. Section 122(6)

A. Section 179
B. Section 175
C. Section 174
D. Section 134
175. Illegal practice.— A person is guilty of the offence of illegal practice if he—
(a) is guilty of disorderly conduct near a polling station, canvassing in or near a polling station, interferes with the secrecy of voting, or adversely affects the interests of a candidate;
(b) obtains or procures, or attempts to obtain or procure, the assistance of any person in the service of Pakistan to further or hinder the election of a candidate;
(c) votes or applies for a ballot paper for voting at an election knowing that he is not qualified for, or is disqualified from, voting;
(d) votes or applies for a ballot paper for voting more than once in the same polling station;
(e) votes or applies for a ballot paper for voting in more than one polling station for the same election;
(f) removes a ballot paper from a polling station during the poll;
(g) violates restrictions on publicity laid down in section 180 or restrictions on announcement of development schemes under section 181;
(h) violates prohibition on public meetings during a certain period as provided in section 182;
(i) fails to comply with section 134 relating to election expenses;
(j) carries or displays any kind of weapon or fire arm in a public meeting or procession during
campaign period, on the poll day and till twenty four hours after the announcement of the official results by the Returning Officer;
(k) resorts to aerial firing or uses firecrackers and other explosives at public meetings or in or near a polling station; or
(l) resorts to violence in any form or manner against an election official or any other person officially deputed to work at a polling station.

A. None of these
B. Section 136(1)
C. Section 135(1)
D. Section 134(1)

Section 134. Return of election expenses.—
(1) A contesting candidate, other than the returned candidate, shall submit the return of his election expenses on Form C within thirty days of the publication of the name of the returned candidate.
(2) The return of election expenses of the returned candidate and a contesting candidate shall be submitted to the Returning Officer on Form C.

A. the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2005
B. the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2000
C. the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2002
D. the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2001

Section 2(xxvii), ‘National Database and Registration Authority’ means the National Database and Registration Authority constituted under the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2000 (VIII of 2000);

A. the Electoral Rolls Act 1974 (XXI of 1974)
B. the Electoral Rolls Act 2017 (XXI of 2017)
C. the Electoral Rolls Act 1984 (XXI of 1984)
D. the Electoral Rolls Act 1978 (XXI of 1978)

Section 2 (xx), ‘electoral roll’ means an electoral roll prepared, revised or corrected under this Act and includes the electoral rolls prepared under the Electoral Rolls Act 1974 (XXI of 1974), existing immediately before the commencement of this Act;

A. the Federal Government
B. the Local Government
C. the Provincial Government
D. All of these

Under Section 2(xxii), ‘Government’ means the Federal Government and ‘any Government‘ means the Federal Government, a Provincial Government or a local government;

A. Assistant Presiding Officer
B. Returning Officer
C. District Returning Officer
D. All of these

Section 2― ‘election official’ includes an officer or official of the Commission, a District Returning Officer, a Returning Officer, an Assistant Returning Officer, a Presiding Officer, an Assistant Presiding Officer, a Polling Officer or any officer or official of law enforcing agency or other agencies or any other official appointed or deputed to perform duties in connection with an election;

A. a village or a census block
B. a ward or a census block
C. None of these
D. Both of these options
Section 2 (xvi) electoral area‖ means—
(a) in rural areas, a village or a census block;
(b) in urban areas,—
I. where there is a municipal ward or census block, such ward or census block;
II. where there is no municipal ward or a census block, a well-defined Mohallah or a street;
III. where the ward or census block, Mohallah or street is too big, a well-defined part thereof: Provided that a census block shall not be divided except in exceptional circumstances for reasons to be recorded;
(c) such other area as may be determined by the Commission;