The Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act, 1947

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     THE ARMED FORCES (EMERGENCY DUTIES) ACT, 1947




                                      CONTENTS
1.   Short title and extent

2.   Emergency duties of Armed Forces

3.   Validation of certain past commands




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                 THE ARMED FORCES (EMERGENCY DUTIES) ACT, 1947
                                                         ACT No. XV OF 1947

                                                                                                                        [20th March, 1947]

     An Act to enable duties in connection with vital services to be imposed in an emergency on the
                                     Armed Forces of 1[Pakistan].

      WHEREAS it is expedient to enable duties in connection with vital services to be imposed in
an emergency on the Armed Forces of 1[Pakistan]; It is hereby enacted as follows:⎯

       1. Short title and extent.___(1) This Act may be called the Armed Forces (Emergency Duties)
Act, 1947.
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              [(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.]

       2. Emergency duties of Armed Forces.___(1) The 3[Federal Government] may, by notification
in the official Gazette, declare any specified service to be a service of vital importance to the
community:

      Provided that such notification shall remain in force for one month in the first instance, but
may be extended, from time to time, by a like notification.

        (2) Upon a declaration being made under sub-section (1) and until it is rescinded, it shall be the
duty of every person subject to 4[* * *] 2[the Pakistan Army Act, 1952], 4[* * *] 2[or the Pakistan Air
Force Act, 1953,] or the 5[Pakistan Navy Ordinance, 1961], to obey any command given by any
superior officer in relation to employment upon or in connection with the service specified in the
declaration; and every such command shall be deemed to be a lawful command within the meaning
and for the purposes of the said Acts 5[or Ordinance].

          3. 6[Repealed]

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                                                                                                                          Date: 24-07-2024
1
  Subs. by the Central Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1961 (P. O. 1 of 1961), Art. 2 and Sch., (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956).
2
  Subs. and ins. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (XXI of 1960) s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).
3
  Subs. by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P. O. 4 of 1975), Art.2 and Sch.
4
  Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration), Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch., II.
5
  Subs. and added by the Repealing and Amending Ordinance, 1965 (X of 1965), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (shall be deemed to have substituted and added on the
first day of March, 1962).
6
  Rep. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951 (XXVI of 1951), s. 3 and Second Schedule.




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