175. Appointment of Standing Committee of Adjustment when officers die or desert while on
active service. When an officer dies or deserts while on active service, the references in the
foregoing provisions of this Chapter to the Committee shall be construed as references to the Standing
Committee of Adjustment, if any, appointed in this behalf in the manner prescribed.
176. Interpretations. For the purposes of this Chapter__
(1) a person shall be deemed to be a deserter if he without authority has been absent from duty for a
period of thirty days and has not subsequently surrendered or been apprehended ;
(2) the expression “service and other debts in ship or naval establishment” includes money due as
naval debts, namely, sums due in respect of, or any advance in respect of__
(a) quarters ;
(b) mess, band, and other service accounts ; and
(c) naval clothing, appointments and equipments, not exceeding a sum equal to three
months pay of the deceased, and having become due within eighteen months before his
death ;
(3) “representation” includes probate and letters of administration with or without the will annexed,
and a succession certificate, constituting a person the executor or administrator of the estate of a
deceased person or authorising him to receive or realize the assets of a deceased person ;
(4) “representative” means any person who has taken out representation.
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CHAPTER XVI.__RULES
177. Power to make rules.__(1) The 1[Federal Government] may make rules for the purpose of
carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub section (1), such rules may
provide for,__
(a) the retirement, release, discharge, removal or dismissal from the service of persons subject
to this Ordinance ;
1 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.
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