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CSS Law Past Paper 2023

CSS Law 2023 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
7

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

  1. Q. 2
    Can an executing court attach and sell all kinds of moveable and immoveable properties of the judgement debtor or there are certain types of property which are exempted from attachment and sale? Discuss.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    Define and distinguish Review and Revision.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    “No one can be allowed to contradict his past statement or action.” Elaborate this phrase with reference to the relevant articles of the QSO 1984.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    There are three different types of statements of an accused which can be recorded by a magistrate and a court. One is during investigation and two are during trial. Elaborate these statements and differentiate them with each other.
    (20)
  5. Q. 6
    When can a Court of Sessions alter the charge? If the charge is altered, what will be the effect of this alteration on the trial proceedings against the accused? Discuss.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    Define and distinguish the offences of Theft, Extortion, Robbery and Dacoity. Give examples to support your answers.
    (20)
  7. Q. 8
    Write notes on the following: (10 each)
    (20)
    • (a)
      Power of court to appoint or remove arbitrators
      (10)
    • (b)
      Arbitration in suits
      (10)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

FPSC's wording, numbering and marks, as printed. Obvious misprints (a garbled word, a broken number) are corrected; everything else is kept as FPSC printed it.

The written exam starts with the MPT

Only candidates who pass the MCQ screening test (MPT) sit the written papers. Practice the 200-question MPT under exam conditions first.