Pakistan Army Act, 1952

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1 Short title and commencement.
2 Persons subject to the Act.
2 A Secondment to Navy or Air Force
2 B Secondment of other Armed Forces.
3 Special provision as to rank in certain cases.
4 Commanding officer of certain persons subject to the Act.
5 Powers to apply Act to certain forces under [Federal Government].
6 Application of Act to States forces by Order of the Governor-General.
7 Power to declare persons to be on active service.
8 Definitions.
9 Appointment to warrant rank.
9 A Administration of oath to warrant officers.- [Omitted.]
10 Ineligibility of aliens for service in the Army.
11 Procedure before enrolling officer.
12 Enrolment.
13 Presumption of validity of enrolment in certain cases.
14 Persons to be attested.
15 Mode of attestation.
15 A Fresh oath to certain persons.- [Omitted.]
16 Dismissal or removal by Federal Government
17 Dismissal or removal by 2[Commander-in-chief] or other authorised officer.
18 Retirement, release, or discharge.
19 Certificate on termination of service.
20 Discharge or dismissal when out of Pakistan.
21 Reduction of warrant officers and non commissioned officers.
22 Reversion of an acting non commissioned officer.
23 Minor punishments.
24 Offences in relation to enemy and punishable with death.
25 Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death.
26 Disclosure of parole or watchword.
27 Offences against property or persons of inhabitant of country where serving.
28 Offences relating to sentries.
29 House breaking, false alarms, unauthorised disclosures, punishable more severely on active service than at other times.
30 Other service offences.
31 Mutiny and insubordination.
32 Offences in relation to superior officers.
33 Disobedience of lawful command.
34 Neglect to obey orders.
35 Insubordination and obstruction.
36 Desertion and aiding deserters.
37 Absence without leave.
38 Fraudulent enrolment.
39 False answers on enrolment.
40 Fraudulent offence in respect of property.
41 Certain forms of disgraceful conduct.
42 Illegal gratification.
43 Intoxication.
44 Offences in relation to persons in custody.
45 Loss of arms, etc., and destruction of property.
46 False accusation.
47 False documents.
48 Signing in blank and failure to report.
49 Offences in relation to courts martial.
50 False statement before court martial.
51 Irregular confinement.
52 Unbecoming behaviour.
53 Striking or ill treating person subject to the Act.
54 Unlawful detention of pay.
55 Violation of good order and discipline.
56 Offences relating to aircraft.
57 Attempt.
58 Abetment.
59 Civil offences.
60 Punishments.
61 Field punishment.
62 Special provisions regarding sentences.
63 Retention in the ranks of person convicted on active service
64 Authorised deductions only to be made from pay.
65 Deductions from pay and allowances.
66 Pay and allowances during trial.
67 Deduction from public money due, other than pay.
68 Power to withhold pay and allowances pending enquiry into conduct as prisoner of war.
69 Remission of deductions.
70 Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from remitted deductions.
71 General power to make provision for dependants.
72 Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war.
73 Custody of offenders.
74 Duty of commanding officer in regard to person in custody.
75 Interval between committal and court martial.
76 Arrest by civil authorities.
77 Capture of deserters.
78 Inquiry into absence of person subject to Act.
78 A Inquiry into any other matters.
79 Appointment, duties and powers of provost marshals.
80 Kinds of courts martial.
81 Power to convene general courts martial.
82 Power to convene district courts martial.
83 Limitation of powers of convening authorities.
84 Power to convene field general Court martial.
85 Composition of general Court martial.
86 Composition of district Court martial.
87 Composition of field general Court martial.
88 Summary courts martial.
89 Dissolution of Courts martial.
90 Prohibition of second trial.
91 Period of limitation for trial.
92 Liability of offender who cease to be subject to the Act.
93 Place of trial.
94 Order in case of concurrent jurisdiction of court martial and criminal court.
95 Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender.
96 Trial by court martial, bar to subsequent trial by criminal court.
96 A Definition of court martial.
97 Powers of general and field general court martial.
98 Power of district court martial.
99 Offences triable by summary Court martial.
100 Persons triable by summary Court martial
101 Sentence awardable by summary Court martial
102 President.
102 A Religion of confirming officer, president, judge advocate and members of general, district or field general court martial.
103 Judge advocate.
104 Challenges.
105 Voting of members.
106 Oaths of president and members.
107 Oaths of judge advocate and others.
108 Oaths of witnesses.
108 A Affirmation not allowed in the case of muslim.
109 Summoning witnesses and production of documents.
110 Commissions for the examination of witness.
111 Conviction of one offence permissible on charge of another.
112 Rules of evidence to be the same as in criminal court.
113 Judicial notice.
114 Presumption as to signatures.
115 Enrolment paper.
116 Presumption as to certain documents.
117 Reference by accused to Government officer.
118 Evidence of previous convictions and general character.
119 Finding and sentence not valid unless confirmed.
120 Power to confirm finding and sentence of general Court martial.
121 Power to confirm finding and sentence of district Court martial.
122 Limitation of powers of confirming authority.
123 Power to confirm finding and sentence of field general court martial.
124 Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences.
125 Confirmation of finding and sentence on board a ship.
126 Revision of finding and sentence.
127 Finding and sentence of a summary court martial.
128 Transmission of proceedings of a summary court martial.
129 Substitution of a valid finding or sentence for an invalid finding or sentence.
130 Provision in the case of accused being lunatic.
131 Remedy against finding and sentence of Court martial.
132 Annulment of proceedings.
133 Bar of appeals.
133 A Court of appeals 4[for hadd cases].
134 Form of sentence of stoning to death or death.
135 Commencement of sentence of imprisonment or imprisonment or detention.
136 Execution of sentence of transportation or rigorous imprisonment.
137 Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases.
138 Execution of sentence of detention.
139 Interim custody of offenders sentenced to transportation.
140 Conveyance of prisoner from place to place.
141 Communication of certain orders to civil prison officers.
142 Execution of sentence of fine.
143 Pardons and remissions.
144 Suspension of sentence of transportation, rigorous imprisonment or detention.
145 Orders pending suspension.
146 Release on suspension.
147 Computation of period of sentence under suspension.
148 Power to set aside suspension or to order remission.
149 Periodical review of suspended sentence.
150 Procedure on further sentence of offender whose sentence is suspended.
151 Scope of power of suspension.
152 Effect of suspension on dismissal.
153 Property of deceased persons and deserters, other than officers.
154 Disposal of certain property without production of probate, etc.
155 Discharge of commanding officer, prescribed person and the government.
156 Application of sections 153 to 155 to lunatics, etc.
157 Property of officers.
158 Powers of committee of Adjustment.
159 Disposal of surplus by the prescribed person.
160 Disposal of certain property without production of probate, etc.
161 Discharge of committee, prescribed person, and the Government.
162 Property in the hands of the committee or the prescribed person not to be assets at the place where the committee or the prescribed person is stationed.
163 Saving of rights of representative.
164 Applications of sections 158 to 163 to lunatics, etc.
165 Appointment of standing committee of adjustment when officers die or desert while on active service.
166 Interpretations.
167 Complaint against officers.
168 Complaint by officers.
169 Privileges of person attending courts martial.
170 Exemption from arrest for debt.
171 Property exempted from attachment.
172 Application of the last two foregoing sections to reservists.
173 Priority of hearing by courts of cases in which persons subject to this act are concerned.
174 Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain cases.
175 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence committed.







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