Provided that such certificate is accepted by the 1[Chief of the Naval Staff] or, in case of a
2[chief petty officer or sailor], by the prescribed officer ;
(d) any sum required to make good any loss, damage or destruction of Government or service
property which after due investigation appears to the 1[Chief of the Naval Staff] or the
prescribed officer to have been occasioned by the wrongful act or negligence on the part
of the officer 2[, chief petty officer or sailor] as the case may be:
Provided that the total deductions made under this clause shall not in any case exceed his
pay and allowances for three months ;
(e) any sum which after due investigation appears to the prescribed officer to be due to a
service mess or canteen ; and
(f) any sum which is criminal court or the 3[Federal Government] 4[ or the Chief of the Naval
Staff] orders him to pay for the maintenance of his wife or legitimate or illegi timate
children.
83. Limit of certain deductions. Except when the deductions are made under clauses (a) and (b)
of the last preceding section, the total deductions from the pay and allowances of an officer 2[, chief
petty officer or sailor] shall not exceed in any one month, onehalf of his pay and allowances for that
month.
84. Pay and allowances during trial. In the case of any person subject to this Ordinance who is
in naval or civil custody on a charge for an offence, the prescribed officer may direct that the whole
or any part of the pay and allowances of such person shall be withheld pending the result of his trial
on the charge against him:
Provided that no part of the pay and allowances shall be withheld in the absence of any such
direction.
85. Deduction from money due to person. Any sum authorised by this Ordinance to be
deducted from the pay and allowances of any person may, without prejudice to any other mode of
recovering the same, be deducted from any money due to him from Government other than a
pension.
1 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Sch, for “CommanderinChief".
2 Ins. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance 1980 (55 of 1980), s. 15, for “rating”.
3 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.
4 Ins. by Ord. 55 of 1980 s. 15.
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