Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976 — section 10

10. 44[(1) If the number of valid proposals from the district or the ICT does not exceed the number of the members to be elected from that district or the ICT as the case may be, the Returning Officer shall declare the proposed candidates to be elected.]

(2)If after the withdrawal day the number of valid proposals from a district [or the ICT] exceeds the number of members to be elected from that district 45[or the ICT] a list of contesting candidates and the seats for which the election is to take place, shall be pasted on the notice board of the Returning Officer within two days of the date of withdrawal. 46[…] 47[10A. Code of Conduct.- (1) No candidate or his supporter shall canvass for votes through

(a)advertisement;

(b)banners;

(c)pla-cards;

(d)Stickers;

(e)panaflex;

(f)hoardings;

(g)calendars;

(h)dairies;

(i)key-chains; and

(j)posters etc.”

(2)The candidate or his supporter may, however, solicit support through personal contact and by issuing letters and visiting cards of the maximum size of 3x5 inches on which he may also display his photograph along with necessary information.

(3)No candidate or his supporter shall use or show any kind of weapon throughout the during election process or on the day of election.

(4)No candidate or his supporter shall canvass for votes by approaching a voter, directly or indirectly, at his residence.

(5)No candidate or his supporter, directly or indirectly, give meal, lunch, dinner, breakfast and hi tea, to voters in connection with election campaign. 10-B. (1) The Retuning Officer/Advocate-General may take action on his own or on any complaint filed with respect to the violation of the Code of Conduct or any provisions of the Act and these rules during the whole election process or campaign by a candidate or his supporters.