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CSS Law Syllabus
Law is a 100-mark Group VI optional subject in the CSS written exam, examined in one three-hour paper. Below is FPSC's official syllabus, word for word: every section, topics and suggested readings.
- Marks
- 100
- Papers
- 1
- Time
- 3 hours a paper
- Group
- Group VI
- Subject code
- 38
The paper
100 marks- I.Definitions of Crime
- II.All Provisions of:
- i.Concept of arbitration, arbitration with or without intervention of court and in civil suits.
- ii.Establishment of Civil Courts with their Original & Appellate Jurisdiction.
- iii.The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
- iv.Pakistan Penal Code, 1860
- v.Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984
- vi.Criminal Procedure Code, 1898
Suggested readings
- 1.Pakistan Penal Code, 1860M. Mahmood
- 2.Criminal Procedure Code, 1898Shaukat Mahmood
- 3.Law of EvidenceJustice (R) Khalil ur Rahman Khan as adapted form Principles and Digest of the Law of Evidence by M. Monir
- 4.Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984Justice (R) Khalil ur Rahman Khan as adapted form Principles and Digest of the Law of Evidence by M. Monir
- 5.The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908Aamir Raza A. Khan
- 6.The Arbitration Laws in PakistanM. Mahmood
- 7.Civil Courts Ordinance, 1962Nisar Ahmad Nisar
Past papers
FPSC's Law papers from 2016 to 2026, as text. Open a year, or see them all.