PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, ETC – 2023
CASE NO. 1C2024
SUBJECT: LAW (PAPER-I)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE:
i. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
ii. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
iii. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
iv. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
NOTE:
Attempt SEVEN Questions in All. TWO from Part-I, ONE Each from Part-II & III and THREE from Part-IV including Question No. 12 which is Compulsory.
PART-I
(The Code of Civil Procedure 1908)
Q. No. 1 “The executing Court cannot go behind the decree,” Discuss this statement by giving statutory exceptions to this rule. (15 Marks)
Q. No. 2 How the appellate powers are different from the revisional powers of the court? Describe the circumstances when a revision is filed instead of an appeal. (15 Marks)
Q. No. 3 Under what circumstances the court can make an order for the personal appearance of a party? What will be the implications if a party fails to appear without lawful excuse? (15 Marks)
Q. No. 4 Can a civil court pass an order of arrest and attachment before judgment? Elaborate in the light of relevant law? (15 Marks)
PART-II
(The Limitation Act, 1908)
Q. No. 5 Explain in detail the computation of period of limitation. (10 Marks)
Q. No. 6 What is meant by sufficient cause in S.5 of the Limitation Act? (10 Marks)
PART-III
(The Registration Act, 1908)
Q. No. 7 Discuss the penalties under the Registration Act, 1908. (10 Marks)
Q. No. 8 What is the procedure to register a document if Sub-registrar refuses to register the same? Please discuss in detail. (10 Marks)
PART-IV
(The Qanoon e Shahadat Order, 1984)
Q. No. 9 The oral evidence must be direct. Is there any exception to this rule? Discuss in detail. (15 Marks)
Q. No. 10 What is the evidentiary value of evidence that has become available because of modern devices in civil cases? (15 Marks)
Q. No. 11 Hostile witness is a special kind of witness under the QSO. Discuss his characteristics as to examination and value of his evidence. (15 Marks)
Q. No. 12 Competency of all persons as witnesses is one of the fundamental principles of the Law of Evidence in Pakistan. Discuss the provisions of the QSO dealing with this principle with particular reference to children and police witnesses. (20 Marks)
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