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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has authorised the presiding officers, appointed for each polling station for the local government elections in Sindh, to exercise powers of first-class magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898).
The ECP notified this in pursuance of provisions of Article 218 (3) of the Constitution of Pakistan, read with sub-rule (1 and 2) of rule 33 of Sindh Local Councils (Election) Rules, 2015. The powers will be exercised during the first phase of the election, from October 30 to November 1 this year, in respect of the offences punishable under sections 56 to 67 of the Sindh Local Government Act, 2013.
According to the notification, these offences shall be tried in a summary way in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, in terms of section 59 of the Sindh Local Government Act, 2013.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 21st, 2015.
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