SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ADDITIONAL PROSECUTOR GENERAL (BS-19) in PPSC (Punjab Public Service Comission)
Criminal Law-I: Procedure (100 marks) {Objective 25 & Subjective 75}
- Jurisdiction of courts, powers of the police, investigation procedures, trial processes, initiation of prosecutions, judgments.
- Principles of sentencing – the seriousness of offenses, level of harm.
- Commutation and remission.
- Prosecution (prosecutorial test, selection of witnesses, additional evidence, withdrawal of cases, scrutiny of police reports, Tender of Pardon)
- Types of police reports, discharge of accused persons etc
- Appeals and revision (procedure and grounds)
- Probation and parole Laws
- Law related to juveniles
- Witness protection
- High Court Rules & Orders related to criminal law (Volume-III)
- Supreme Court Rules
Criminal Law-II: Substantive (100 marks) {Objective 25 & Subjective 75}
- General principle of criminal law (intention, object, consent will, mens rea, actus rea, abetment, conspiracy)
- General Exceptions
- Offences in PPC and ATA, 1997
- Charging standards issued by the Prosecutor General
- Corruption offences (PCA, 1947, NAB Ordinance 1999 etc.
- Cybercrime offences
- Narcotic offences (control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997, Prohibition of Hudood Ordinance, 1979
- Section 27 of Drugs Act, 1976.
Criminal Law-III: Evidence (100 marks) {Objective 25 & Subjective 75}
- Relevancy and admissibility
- Primary and secondary evidence
- Direct and indirect evidence
- Circumstantial evidence
- Proof (Standard and Burden of proof
- Admission sand confessions
- Dying Declarations
- Scientific evidence (its types and its value)
- Examination of witnesses
- Identification parade
Constitutional Criminal Law (100 marks) {Objective 25 & Subjective 75}
- Constitutional provisions related to procedure (right to be dealt with in accordance with law, liberty, fair trial, dignity of man, privacy, protection against retrospective punishment, protection against self-incrimination and double punishment, freedom of movement , freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom of speech, information, religion).
- Writs jurisdiction in criminal law
- Preventive Detention
English (50 Marks)
- Essay Writing (20 marks)
- Comprehension (20 marks)
- Précis writing (10 marks)
Relevant Laws, rules and codes
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
- Pakistan Penal Code, 1860
- Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997
- Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997
- Qanun-e-Shahadat order, 1984
- The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 read with Punjab Anti-Corruption establishment Rules, 2014.
- Nab, Ordinance 1999.
- The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016.
- Punjab prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order, 1979
- Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 (Articles 4.9,10,10-A,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,19, 19-A,20,21, 22,45,143,185, 199,202)
- Punjab Criminal Prosecution service Act, 2006
- Code of Conduct for prosecutors publicly available on the website of CPS
- Charging standards issued by PGP from time to time and publically available on the website of CPS
- The probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960
- West Pakistan Probation of Offenders Rules, 1961
- The Good Conduct prisoners Probational Release Act, 1926.
- The Good Conduct prisoners Probational Release Act, 1927.
- Medical Jurisprudence & Application of forensic Science to Criminal cases.
- Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000
- The Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960
- Police Order, 2002 (Articles 18, 111, 114, 134, 135, 136, 137, 155, 156, 157, 167) & police rules, 1934 (Chapters XXV to XXVII)
- High Court Rules & Orders
- Supreme Court Rules
- Drugs Act, 1976
- Witness Protection Law