(xiv) Civil Offences
78. Civil offences triable by naval tribune.__(1) Subject to the provisions of section 79 every
person subject to this Ordinance who at any place in or beyond Pakistan commits any civil offence
shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance and, if charged therewith under this
section, shall be liable to be tried by a naval tribunal, and, on conviction, be punish able as follows,
that is to say,__
(a) if the offence is one which would be punishable under the law in force in Pakistan with
death or with 1[imprisonment for life], he shall be liable to suffer any punishment, other
than 2* * whipping, assigned for the offence by the aforesaid law and such less
punishment as is in this Ordin ance mentioned :
3* * * * *
* *
(b) in any other case, he shall be liable to suffer any punishment, other than whipping,
4[(except where he is liable to whipping as hadd under any Islamic law)], assigned for the
offence by any law in force in Pakistan, or to suffer short imprisonment or such less
punishment as is in this Ordinance mentioned [:]5
6[Provided that, where the offence of which any such person is found guilty is an offence liable
to hadd under any Islamic law, the punishment awarded to him shall be that provided for the
offence in that law.]
(2) A person subject to this Ordinance may be charged with an offence under this section
notwithstanding that he could on the same facts be charged with an offence under any other section
of this Ordinance.
1 Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (27 of 1981), s. 3 and Sch., II, for “transportation”.
2 The words “transportation or omitted" ibid.
3 Omitted by Ord. LXII of 2000, s.3.
4 Ins. by the Pakistan Naval (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (37 of 1984), s. 9.
5 Subs. ibid., for fullstop.
6 Proviso added ibid.
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