SUNNI ITTEHAD COUNCIL vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Provision entailing penal consequences — 2025 PLD 67 SUPREME-COURT

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Citation: 2025 PLD 67 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: PLD
Parties: SUNNI ITTEHAD COUNCIL vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Provision entailing penal consequences

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Judgment text as reported

SUNNI ITTEHAD COUNCIL VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN Provision entailing penal consequences---Strict construction---It is a cardinal principle of the construction of statutes that any provision entailing penal consequence, whether of criminal law or of civil law, must be construed strictly---This principle of strict construction of penal statutes is also called the principle against doubtful penalisation---It stresses that a person should not be penalised except under clear law and if, in construing the relevant provisions, there appears any reasonable doubt or ambiguity, it should be resolved in favour of the person who would be liable to the penalty---No penalty or penal consequence can be added to the one specified in law by inference or assumption---Penal actions can only be taken on the basis of express and clear provisions of law.

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