Adopted at the Second Session of the Fifth National People’s Congress on July 1, 1979; revised at the Fifth Session of the Eighth National People’s Congress on March 14, 1997 and promulgated by Order No.83 of the President of the People’s Republic of China on March 14, 1997 Contents Part One General Provisions Chapter I The Aim, Basic Principles […]
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1ACT No. XVII OF 1976 An Act to provide for the trial by a Special Court of certain offences. WHEREAS It is expedient to provide for the trial by a special Court of certain offences affecting the security, integrity or sovereignty of Pakistan or any part thereof, including offences of high treason, and for matters
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(W.P. Ord. II of 1968) C O N T E N T S SECTIONS Short title and extent. Definitions. Trial of scheduled offences. Cognizance of scheduled offences. Question of guilt or innocence to be referred to Tribunal. Constitution of Tribunal. Reference of question to a new Tribunal in certain cases. Quorum. Procedure
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State and Its Officials Have Tortious Liability Towards the Citizens For Violation of Their Rights. Honorable Justice Athar Minnallah of the Supreme Court has recently released his additional note in 90-day election case. The note is deeply contemplated and based on self-accounting. It has taken into account the chequered history of the dissolution of the
ICA does not Lie Where an Appeal, Review or Revision is Available Against the Original Order, Irrespective Whether it is Available to one of the Parties or both of them. Proviso to Section 3(2) of the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972, bars filling an Intra Court Appeal (ICA) against the order of a signal bench where
ORDINANCE No. LXXXVI OF 2002 [25th October, 2002] An Ordinance further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, for affecting certain reforms WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860), and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), for affecting certain
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PART I PRELIMINARY CHAPTER-1 Short title and Commencement: Extent. (Repealed) References to Code of Criminal Procedure and other repeated enactments. Expressions in former Acts. Definitions. Words referring to acts Words to have same meaning as in Pakistan Penal Code. Trial of offences under Penal Code. Trial of offences against other laws PART II CONSTITUTION AND
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State Cannot Curtail Free Speech Under the Guise of Mutiny and Inciting Enmity etc, Using Criminal Law: SC The Supreme Court has given a significant judgment in case titled, Ammad Yousaf versus the State and another (Crl. Petition No. 225 of 2023) wherein the Court has held that freedom of expression and right to information are
Time Period For Court Fee and Question of Limitation: Most of the cases require the litigants to deposit court fee before for filling a suit or writ etc. The Court Fee varies from cases to case, but it is mandatory to deposit it when the law says so. The courts should usually order to deposit
The Constitutional Command of Independence of Judiciary Requires That Courts Shall not be Dependent on Executive for Security: The Supreme Court in a recent judgment, Criminal Appeal No.633 of 2019, has emphasized that the Independence of judiciary is the constitutional command and it shall be actualized in all facets. The security of judges is not