PUNJAB PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
RECRUITMENT TO THE POSTS OF
PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE-2017
SUBJECT: LAW (PAPER-I)
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100
NOTE: Attempt SEVEN Questions in All. TWO from Part-One, ONE Each from Parts-II and III and THREE from Part-IV including Question No. 12 which is Compulsory.
PART-I (The Code of Civil Procedure 1908)
Q. No. 1: Please distinguish an order, a judgement and a decree. (15 Marks)
Q.No. 2: What is restitution? What are the pre-conditions to get restitution? (15 Marks)
Q.No. 3: Please explain Review and Revision. What are the different points of the two? (15 Marks)
Q. No. 4: Please discuss scope, stage and procedure of amendment in the Pleadings. (15 Marks)
PART-II (The Limitation Act 1908)
Q.No. 5: Describe suits which are not barred by any length of time. (10 Marks)
Q. No. 6: Discuss the period which has to be excluded while reckoning the period of limitation. (10 Marks)
PART-III (The Registration Act 1908)
Q. No. 7: Mention the documents of which registration is compulsory along with its procedure. (10 Marks)
Q. No. 8: Discuss penalties provided under the Registration Act, 1908. (10 Marks)
PART-IV (The Qanoon e Shahadat Order 1984)
Q.No. 9: Who may testify? What is evidentiary value of child witness? (15 Marks)
Q. No. 10: Discuss in detail Privileged communications including way out of its waiver, if any. (15 Marks)
Q.No. 11: What is dying declaration? Describe its evidentiary value? (15 Marks)
Q. No. 12: Write short notes on the following: (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
(a) Secondary Evidence (b) Definition of Estoppel (c) Facts need not to prove (d) Examination in Chief