Elections Act 2017 — Complete MCQs — Part 3 MCQs with Explanations

―Commissioner‖ means the Chief Election Commissioner appointed under Article 213 And includes an Acting Chief Election Commissioner appointed under Article 217;

Section 97. Equality of votes.—(1) Where, after consolidation of the Results of the Count, there is equality of votes between two contesting candidates, the Returning Officer shall declare both the candidates as returned and each one of them shall be entitled to represent his constituency in the respective Assembly for half of its term of office. سیکشن 97۔ ووٹوں کی مساوات۔ (1) جہاں، گنتی کے نتائج کو یکجا کرنے کے بعد، دو مقابلہ کرنے والے امیدواروں کے درمیان ووٹوں کی برابری ہو، ریٹرننگ آفیسر دونوں امیدواروں کو واپس لوٹا ہوا قرار دے گا اور ان میں سے ہر ایک اپنے عہدہ کی نصف مدت کے لیے متعلقہ اسمبلی میں اپنے حلقے کی نمائندگی کرنے کا حقدار ہوگا۔ Difference from Other Sections: Section 95 : Deals with the initial counting of votes . Section 96 : Covers consolidation of results by the RO. Section 98 : Allows the Election Commission to order a recount suo moto (on its own motion).

An election official on duty in connection with the election who is guilty of the offence under subsection (1) shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one hundred thousand rupees or with both.

Every member of assembly shall submit to the Commission , on or before 31st December each year, a copy of his statement of assets and liabilities. gf

WHEREAS clause (3) of Article 204 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan provides that the exercise of the power conferred on courts to punish for contempt may be regulated by laws: AND WHEREAS the National Assembly is not in session and the president is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action; NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following ordinance: gf

Return of election expenses. (1) Every contesting candidate, '[other than a returned candidate,] shall, within thirty days after the publication of the name of the returned candidates unde r section 18 or section 25 , submit to the Returning Officer a return of election expenses in the prescribed form containing— (a) a statement of all payments made by the contesting candidate together with all the bills and receipts ; (b) a statement of all disputed claims, if any, of which the contesting candidate is aware ; (c) a statement of all unpaid claims, if any, of which the contesting candidate is aware ; and (d) a statement of all moneys, securities or equivalent of money received from any person for the purpose of election expenses specifying the name of every such person. (2) The return submitted under sub-section (1) shall be accompanied by an affidavit sworn by the contesting candidate. gf

Section-7 Power to requisition property.—(1) A Provincial Government, deputy commissioner, political agent or head of district administration, by whatever name called, shall, upon a request made in this behalf by the Commission, requisition a vehicle, vessel or other means of transportation as is needed or is likely to be needed for the purpose of transporting to and from any polling station ballot boxes or other election material or any officer or other person engaged for the performance of any duty in connection with an election. جائیداد حاصل کرنے کا اختیار۔ (1) ایک صوبائی حکومت، ڈپٹی کمشنر، پولیٹیکل ایجنٹ یا ضلعی انتظامیہ کا سربراہ، خواہ کسی بھی نام سے پکارا جائے، کمیشن کی طرف سے اس مقصد کے لیے کی گئی درخواست پر، ایسی گاڑی، جہاز یا دیگر نقل و حمل کے ذرائع کو حاصل کرے گا، جو کسی پولنگ اسٹیشن پر یا وہاں سے بیلٹ بکس، دیگر انتخابی مواد یا کسی افسر یا ایسے کسی شخص کو، جو کسی انتخاب سے متعلق کوئی ذمہ داری انجام دے رہا ہو، لے جانے کے لیے درکار ہوں یا درکار ہو سکتے ہوں۔

Section 8 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Power of Commission to ensure a fair election stop the polls at one or more polling stations at any stage of the election if it is convinced that it shall not be able to ensure the conduct of the election justly, fairly and in accordance with law due to large scale malpractices, including coercion, intimidation and pressures, prevailing at the election;

Power of the Commission to declare a poll void is the correct answer to “Section 9 of the Election Act 2017, deals with:”. This question is standard in competitive examination syllabi for Elections Act 2017 — Complete MCQs.

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Section 67 of the Election Act 2017 deals with Contested election and allotment of symbols Returning Officer shall allot, one of the prescribed symbols to each contesting candidate.

Section 65 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Withdrawal A validly nominated candidate may, by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the Returning Officer on or before the withdrawal date either by the candidate himself or by an advocate authorized in writing by the candidate, withdraw his candidature.

Section 64 of the Election Act 2017 deals with Publication of list of candidates

Section 62 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Scrutiny . Any voter of a constituency may file objections to the candidature of a candidate of that constituency who has been nominated or whose name has been included in the party list submitted by a political party for election to an Assembly before the Returning Officer within the period specified by the Commission for the scrutiny of nomination papers of candidates contesting election to an Assembly.

Section 61 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Deposits Deposits means a sum of money paid into a bank or building society account.

Section 60 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Nomination for election. Any voter of a constituency, may propose or second the name of any qualified person to be a candidate for Member for that constituency:

Section 59 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Polling stations A polling place is where voters cast their ballots in elections.

Section 69 of the Election Act 2017, deals with One day poll. A poll is an election, or a survey of people's opinions.

Section 70 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Hours of the poll The Commission shall fix the hours, which shall not be less than eight, during which the poll shall be held and the Returning Officer shall give public notice of the hours so fixed and hold the poll according to the hours fixed by the Commission:

Section 71 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Printing of ballot papers In systems where ballots are liable items, strict security and controls must surround ballot paper printing

Section 72 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Retirement from election A contesting candidate may retire from the election by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the Returning Officer on any day not later than four days before the polling day by the candidate himself or by an advocate authorized in writing by the candidate.

Section 75 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Uncontested election .An uncontested election is an election in which the number of candidates is the same or less than the number of places available for election, so that all candidates are guaranteed to be elected

Section 76 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Election agen t. A candidate may appoint a voter in the constituency as his election agent and shall send to the Returning Officer a notice in writing of the appointment containing the name, father's name and address of the election agent.

Section 77 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Polling Agent The contesting candidate or his election agent may, before the commencement of or during the poll, appoint for each polling station as many polling agents as may be prescribed and shall give notice in writing to the Presiding Officer communicating the appointment

Section 78 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Supply of ballot boxes: The Returning Officer shall provide each Presiding Officer with such number of ballot boxes as may be necessary.

Section 79 of the Election Act 2017 deals with Supply of final electoral rolls: The Commission shall provide the Returning Officer for each constituency with copies of final electoral rolls for all the electoral areas within that constituency.

Section 80 of the Election Act 2017 deals with Supply of ballot papers The Commission shall provide the Returning Officer of a constituency with requisite number of ballot papers as determined under section 71 in the manner as may be prescribed

Section 83 deals with Maintenance of order at the polling station. The Presiding Officer shall keep order at the polling station and may remove or cause to be removed any person who misconducts himself at a polling station or fails to obey any lawful orders of the Presiding Officer.

Section 84 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Voting Procedure.

Section 87 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Spoilt Ballot Papers. In voting, a ballot is considered spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, invalid or stray if a law declares or an election authority determines that it is invalid and thus not included in the vote count

Section 88 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Stopping of the poll . Presiding officer has authority to stop the poll.

Section 90 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Proceedings at the close of poll The Presiding Officer shall count the votes immediately after the close of the poll in the presence of such of the contesting candidates, election agents, polling agents and authorized observers as may be present.

Section 93 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Postal ballot. Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors by post, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system

Section 94 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Voting by Overseas Pakistanis . Overseas Pakistanis refers to Pakistani people who live outside of Pakistan.

Section 98 of the Election Act 2017, deals with Declaration of results

In Election Act 2017, section 100 deals with public inspection of documents.

In Election Act 2017, section 102 deals with Bye-elections

In Election Act 2017, section 101 deals with order for production of documents.

Section 106 of the Election Act 2017 deals with Functions of Returning Officer

In Election Act 2017, section 107 deals with notification for election?