Which section of the Elections Act 2017 authorises ECP to ‘extend polling hours already fixed’?

A. Section 82
B. Section 70
C. Section 72
D. Section 78

Section 70. 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: Provided that the Commission may extend polling hours already fixed at one or more polling stations in exceptional circumstances to be recorded in writing but such decision shall be taken at least three hours before the close of the poll enabling the Returning Officer to convey the decision of the Commission to all Presiding Officers under his jurisdiction well before the time already fixed for close of the poll.

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Which section of the Elections Act, 2017, states that the ECP was responsible to delimit territorial constituencies for elections to the National Assembly, each provincial assembly and to local governments in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Act, the Rules and the applicable local government law?
A. Section 17(2)
B. Section 17(1)
C. Section 18(2)
D. Section 18(1)
Under which section of the Elections Act, 2017, the president holds the authority to announce the date for elections in consultation with the ECP?
A. Section 56 (1)
B. Section 57 (1)
C. Section 58 (1)
D. Section 59 (1)
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Some degree of accountability of the ECP has also been built into the Elections Act, 2017; the ECP is now required to submit an annual report within 90 days after the end of every calendar year that will be laid in each house of the parliament and each provincial assembly.
A. Section 19
B. Section 24
C. Section 29
D. Section 16
If the turnout of women voters is less than 10% of the total votes polled in the constituency, ECP may presume that women have been restrained through an agreement from casting their votes and may declare polling at one or more polling stations, or election in the whole constituency void.
A. Section 19
B. Section 11
C. Section 56
D. Section 9
An election official shall, before the commencement of his election duty, make an oath, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, that he shall act strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Act, 2017, Rules and directions of the ECP.
A. Section 56
B. Section 35
C. Section 98
D. Section 67
“The commission shall hold elections to the local governments within 120 days of the expiry of the term of the local governments of a province, cantonment, Islamabad Capital Territory or Federally Administered Tribal Areas,” is mentioned in which section of the Elections Act, 2017?
A. Section 219(1)
B. Section 219(4)
C. Section 219(3)
D. Section 219(2)
Under Section 177, a person is guilty of canvassing in or near a polling station if he is within a radius of how many meters of a polling station?
A. Six hundred
B. Five hundred
C. Eight hundred
D. Four hundred
to extend the hours of the poll the decision should be made at least_________ hours before the end of the poll.
A. 2 hrs
B. 3 hrs
C. 4 hrs
D. 5 hrs
District Monitoring Teams of the ECP shall monitor election expenses. ECP may impose fines in case of violation of the Act or the Rules.
A. Section 234
B. Section 134
C. Section 178
D. Section 117
Which section of the Elections Act, 2017, provides that a contesting candidate, other than the returned candidate, shall submit the return of his election expenses within 30 days of the publication of the name of the returned candidate?
A. None of these
B. Section 136(1)
C. Section 135(1)
D. Section 134(1)