Under which section of the act, returning officers (ROs) and district returning officers (DROs) will only be able to punish individuals for impersonation?

Related Mcqs:

1. On the application of a candidate or his election agent, the District Election Commissioner or any officer authorized in this behalf by the ECP shall provide to a candidate or an election agent a hard and searchable soft copy on a universal serial bus (USB) in portable document format (PDF) or any other tamper-proof format of the final electoral roll with photographs of the voters and shall ensure that the copy is the same as provided to the Returning Officer and Presiding Officers.

   A. Section 87
   B. Section 134
   C. Section 37
   D. Section 79

2. Under which section, presiding officers (POs) will be able to additionally take action if anyone attempts to capture a polling booth?

   A. Section 189
   B. Section 171
   C. Section 173
   D. Section 175

3. Under Section 2(xx), ‘electoral roll’ means an electoral roll prepared, revised or corrected under this act and includes the electoral rolls prepared under

   A. the Electoral Rolls Act 1974 (XXI of 1974)
   B. the Electoral Rolls Act 2017 (XXI of 2017)
   C. the Electoral Rolls Act 1984 (XXI of 1984)
   D. the Electoral Rolls Act 1978 (XXI of 1978)

4. The Commission may exercise the same power as the High Court to punish any person for contempt of court and the Contempt of _____________?

   A. Court Ordinance, 2001 (V of 2001)
   B. Court Ordinance, 2003 (V of 2003)
   C. Court Ordinance, 2005 (V of 2005)
   D. None of these

5. If the victory margin between the returned candidate and runner-up candidate is less than 5% of the total votes polled or 10,000 votes, whichever is less, the Returning Officer shall recount all the votes on the request of a contesting candidate before commencement of the consolidation of the results.

   A. Section 78
   B. Section 95
   C. Section 45
   D. Section 89

6. While scrutinising a nomination paper, the Returning Officer shall not ask any question which has no nexus to the information, supplied or received or objections raised by any person, or tangible material on record.

   A. Section 62
   B. Section 68
   C. Section 74
   D. Section 89

7. 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)

8. Under which section, a person is guilty of the offence of illegal practice if he fails to comply with section 134 and does not submit return of election expenses?

   A. Section 179
   B. Section 175
   C. Section 174
   D. Section 134

9. 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)

   Submitted by: Muhammad Danish

10. 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