Powers of a Magistrate of the First Class
Islamabad, November 29, 2005.- Mr. Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan has authorized the District Returning Officers, Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers appointed for bye-elections in the following constituencies and the Presiding Officers appointed for each polling station of these constituencies, to exercise the powers of a Magistrate of the First Class under the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 (Act V of 1898) on the 10th December, 2005 the day appointed for polling for bye-elections in these constituencies, in respect of the offences punishable under section 80, section 82A, section 83, section 84, section 85, section 86 and section 87 of the said Act and to take cognizance of any such offence under any of the clauses of sub-section (1) of section 190 of the said Code and to try any such offence in a summary way in accordance with the provisions of the said Code, relating to summary trials :-
1- NA-210 Jacobabad-III
2- PS-117 Karachi-XXIX
3- PS-120 Karachi-XXXII