(b) in respect of persons on board any one of two or more tenders or boats which are absent
as aforesaid on detached service in company or acting together, by the officer in
immediate command of those tenders or boats ;
(c) in respect of other persons absent from the ship or establishment on detached service
either on shore or elsewhere, by the officer in immediate command of those persons ; and
(d) in respect of 1[chief petty officers or sailors] attached to or serving with any body of the
regular army or the air force under prescribed conditions, by the commanding officer of
any such body.
(5) The power conferred on any officer by subsection (1) or subsection (4) may be delegated by
that officer to any other officer to such extent and subject, to such conditions as may be prescribed.
103. Powers of other authorities in respect of summary trial. The 2[Chief of the Naval Staff]
or any prescribed officer empowered by him in this behalf may in the prescribed manner and to such
extent as may be specified by the 2[Chief of the Naval Staff], summarily try an officer of the rank of
lieutenant or below charged with an offence under this Ordinance and award any punishment
authorised by this Ordinance not exceeding forfeiture of seniority in rank or forfeiture of time for
promotion for period of six months.
104. Place of trial. Any person subject to this Ordinance and charged with an offence under this
Ordinance may be tried and punished at any place whatsoever.
105. Period of limitation for trial.__(1) Save as provided in subsection (2), no trial by naval
tribunal of any person subject to the Ordinance for any offence shall be commenced after the
expiration of period of three years from the date of the commission of such offence.
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to a trial for an offence of desertion or
fraudulent enrolment or for any of the offences relating to mutiny 3[or espionage] 4[or for any of
those mentioned in section 63].
(3) In computing the period of time mentioned in subsection (1), any time spent by such person
as a prisoner of war, or in any enemy territory, or in evading arrest after the alleged commission of the
offence, shall be excluded.
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1980 (55 of 1980,) s. 20, for “ratings”.
2 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Sch. for “CommanderinChief”.
3 Added by Ordinance, 55 of 1980, s. 21.
4 Added by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (37 of 1984), s.15.
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