Read each question, consider the options, then reveal the correct answer and explanation.
100 MCQs10 per page9 of 10
MCQ 81Banks (nationalization) Act, 1974
Which sub-clauses of Section 11A have been omitted over time, according to the footnotes, reflecting evolving coverage of the provision?
Clauses (i) and (ii) omitted by Act 24 of 2011; clauses (iii), (v) and (vi) omitted by Act IX of 2020; clause (iv) omitted by Act 24 of 2011
Only clause (ix) was ever omitted
No clauses have ever been omitted from Section 11A
The entire Section 11A was omitted in 1997
Correct answerA — Clauses (i) and (ii) omitted by Act 24 of 2011; clauses (iii), (v) and (vi) omitted by Act IX of 2020; clause (iv) omitted by Act 24 of 2011
Explanation
The footnotes trace a layered omission history: clauses (i) and (ii) were 'omitted by Act, 2011 (24 of 2011), s. 2'; clause (iv) was similarly 'omitted by Act, 2011 (24 of 2011), s. 2'; and clauses (iii), (v) and (vi) were 'omitted by Act (IX of 2020), s.2' — showing Section 11A's list of covered financial institutions has been progressively narrowed as those institutions' status changed (e.g., through privatization or restructuring).
MCQ 82Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1974
What overall transitional purpose do Sections 10(2) through 10(5) collectively serve?
They repeal the entire Police Act, 1861
They apply only to Schedule offences, not personnel matters
They exist purely as historical formalities with no continuing legal relevance
They manage the orderly transfer of personnel, pending casework, and preserved service entitlements from the repealed Special Police framework to the newly constituted Agency
Correct answerD — They manage the orderly transfer of personnel, pending casework, and preserved service entitlements from the repealed Special Police framework to the newly constituted Agency
Explanation
Read together, Sections 10(2)-(5) form a comprehensive transitional scheme ensuring that repealing the 1948 Ordinance and 1962 Amalgamation Order did not create a personnel or operational vacuum — transferring Special Police members and their entitlements, continuing pending investigations, preserving specified persons' provincial postings (subject to a voluntary transfer window), and protecting accrued service conditions throughout.
MCQ 83Copyright Ordinance, 1962
Under Section 14(1)'s second proviso, what is the general maximum duration for which an author-owner may assign their own copyright (absent Government/charitable/educational/religious/non-profit exceptions)?
There is no maximum; assignments may be for the full copyright term
Fifty years, matching the general copyright term
Twenty-five years
Ten years, beginning from the calendar year next following the year of assignment
Correct answerD — Ten years, beginning from the calendar year next following the year of assignment
Explanation
Section 14(1)'s second proviso restricts author-assignments (as opposed to assignments by non-author owners) to a maximum of ten years from the calendar year following assignment, except where the assignment is made in favour of Government or an educational/charitable/religious/non-profit institution — with the copyright automatically reverting to the author (or their representatives) if an assignment purports to exceed this limit.
MCQ 84Banks (nationalization) Act, 1974
Under Section 8(4), what happened to Central Boards and other management bodies of the banks listed in the Schedule on the commencing day?
They were merged into a single national banking board
They were required to hold fresh elections within 90 days
They stood dissolved, and all members stood removed from office
They continued operating under Federal Government supervision
Correct answerC — They stood dissolved, and all members stood removed from office
Explanation
Section 8(4) provides sweeping institutional dissolution: 'Central Boards of the banks mentioned in the Schedule, and all local bodies, area boards, managing committees, executive committees and similar other bodies for the management of any bank shall stand dissolved, and all members of such bodies shall stand removed from office on the commencing day' — clearing away the entire pre-existing corporate governance apparatus at once.
MCQ 85Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891
If a bank's principal accountant signs a certificate under Section 2(8) but the underlying entry was in fact NOT made in the ordinary course of business, what is the evidentiary consequence?
The certified copy remains conclusive evidence regardless of the false certification
The entry automatically becomes inadmissible in all future proceedings permanently
There is no consequence since the Act does not require truthful certification
The certificate would be inaccurate, undermining the very basis on which Section 4 grants the certified copy prima facie evidentiary status, and could expose the certifying officer to liability for a false certificate
Correct answerD — The certificate would be inaccurate, undermining the very basis on which Section 4 grants the certified copy prima facie evidentiary status, and could expose the certifying officer to liability for a false certificate
Explanation
The entire evidentiary shortcut in Section 4 rests on the accuracy of the certificate required by Section 2(8). A knowingly false certification — asserting ordinary-course-of-business creation when that is untrue — would undermine the legitimacy of the prima facie status the copy claims, and could separately expose the certifying officer to legal consequences for making a false statement in a document intended for use as evidence.
MCQ 86Copyright Ordinance, 1962
Under Section 37, translation licences under this section are expressly excluded for translations into which languages?
Urdu, Punjabi, or Sindhi
English, French, or Spanish
Arabic, Persian, or Turkish
No language is excluded; all languages are eligible
Correct answerB — English, French, or Spanish
Explanation
Section 37(1), as amended by Act XX of 1992, permits translation-licence applications for 'any Pakistani language or a language ordinarily used in Pakistan, not being English, French or Spanish' — carving out these three major international languages from the compulsory translation-licensing mechanism, likely reflecting their already-widespread availability/commercial viability compared to less commercially served local languages.
MCQ 87Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1974
Which two Schedule entries specifically address migrant smuggling and human trafficking as distinct 2018 offences?
Entries [22] and [23]
Entries [9] and [11]
Entries [17] and [19]
Entries [34] and [35]
Correct answerD — Entries [34] and [35]
Explanation
Schedule entries [34] and [35] separately list 'Offences punishable under the Prevention of Smuggling of Migrant Act, 2018 (XXVIII of 2018)' and 'Offences punishable under the Prevention of Trafficking in persons Act, 2018 (XXXIV of 2018)' respectively — reflecting a 2018 legislative split of what had earlier been addressed together under the 2002 Human Trafficking Ordinance (entry [22]) into two more precisely targeted statutes.
MCQ 88Banking Companies Ord. 1962
The Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962 is officially numbered as:
Ordinance No. XXXIII of 1956
Ordinance No. LVII of 1962
Ordinance No. XLVII of 1984
Ordinance No. IV of 1962
Correct answerB — Ordinance No. LVII of 1962
Explanation
The Ordinance was promulgated on 7th June 1962 as Ordinance No. LVII of 1962. Correctly citing an enactment number matters in legal practice because amendments and case citations reference the original instrument. Distractor A (IV of 1962) is the Customs Act's style, XXXIII of 1956 is the State Bank of Pakistan Act, and XLVII of 1984 is the Companies Ordinance, 1984 — all connected statutes, which is why they are plausible traps.
MCQ 89Drugs Act, 1976
Under the proviso to Section 18(1), which specific clauses' powers may be exercised only by an Inspector specifically authorised by the appointing Government, subject to conditions in the authorization order?
Clauses (a) to (e)
Only clause (a)
All clauses without any special authorization requirement
Clauses (f) to (j)
Correct answerD — Clauses (f) to (j)
Explanation
The proviso states: 'the powers under clauses (f) to (j) shall be exercisable only by an Inspector specifically authorised in this behalf, by an order in writing, by the Government appointing him, subject to such conditions as may be specified in such order' — restricting the more intrusive powers (seizure, witness compulsion, lock-and-seal, removal prohibition, and the general residual power) to specially authorized Inspectors.
MCQ 90Copyright Ordinance, 1962
Under Section 30, do a publisher's rights under this Chapter depend on whether the underlying work itself is protected by copyright?
Yes, publisher's rights only exist if the underlying work is also independently copyrighted
The Ordinance provides no clarification on this relationship
Yes, but only for works published within the last ten years
No — for removal of doubts, publisher's rights subsist irrespective of whether the edition is of a work protected or unprotected by copyright, and do not affect any separate copyright in the underlying work
Correct answerD — No — for removal of doubts, publisher's rights subsist irrespective of whether the edition is of a work protected or unprotected by copyright, and do not affect any separate copyright in the underlying work
Explanation
Section 30 confirms the independence of the publisher's typographical-arrangement right from the underlying work's copyright status — even publishing a public-domain classic (like an out-of-copyright novel) in a new typeset edition generates a fresh, independent twenty-five-year right in that specific typographical arrangement, without reviving or affecting the (already-expired or non-existent) copyright in the underlying text.
