The Elections Act 2017

Section 59 subsection 10 states that “A polling station shall be situated in any Government building in the constituency and, where no Government building is available, a polling station may be established in a building owned by a private educational institution registered with the concerned education authorities.” And subsection 11 states that “A polling station shall not be located in any premises which belongs to or is under the direct or indirect control of a candidate.” Hence, only option ‘C’ is a premise which may not be used, and is the correct answer.

Section 211 subsection 1 states that “A political party shall furnish to the Commission the list of contributors who have donated or contributed an amount equal to or more than one million rupees to the political party for its election campaign expenses.” Hence, option ‘A’ is correct.

Section 90 subsection 11 clauses (a) to (f) state that “the number of un-issued ballot papers” are to be included in the Account, not the number of issued ballot papers as is mentioned in option ‘B’. Hence, option ‘B’ is the answer.

As per section 2 point (xxii), “Government” refers only to the Federal Government of Pakistan.

Section 55 subsection 5 states that “The Enquiry Officer or Authorized Officer shall complete enquiry proceedings under the Efficiency and Discipline Rules as applicable to the election official concerned or under this Act within thirty days of the reference to him and shall submit the enquiry report to the Commission within seven days of the completion of the enquiry.” Hence, option ‘A’ is correct.

Section 182 states that “No person shall convene, hold or attend any public meeting, or promote or join in any procession, within the area of a constituency or, in the case of the Senate election, a Province, during a period of forty-eight hours ending at midnight following the conclusion of the poll for any election in that constituency or Province.” Hence, option ‘B’ is correct.

As per section 5 subsection 2, “It shall be the duty of all executive authorities in the Federation and in the Provinces to render such assistance to the Commissioner and the Commission …”. Hence, option ‘D’ is correct.

Section 241 state the laws which have been repealed. In it, the clauses (c), (h), and (g) state the laws mentioned from options ‘A’ to ‘C’, respectively. Hence, option ‘D’ is correct.

According to section 194, 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 …”. Hence, option ‘C’ is correct.

Section 183 states that “A person guilty of the offence of illegal practice shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one hundred thousand rupees or with both.” Hence, option ‘C’ is correct.