(b) the procedure to be observed during investigation, arrest, custody and��summary trial, and
powers of punishment of commanding officers and other authorities at such trials and
delegation of such powers ;
(c) the assembly and procedure of boards of inquiry, the recording of summaries of evidence
and the administration of oaths and affirmations at such proceedings;
(d) the convening and constitution of courtsmartial 1[and court of appeals] ;
(e) the adjournment, dissolution and sittings of courtsmartial 1[and court of appeals] ;
(f) the procedure to be observed in trials by courtsmartial 1[and court of appeals] and the
appearing of legal practitioners thereat ;
(g) the confirmation, revision and annulment of, and petitions against, the findings and
sentences of courtsmartial ;
(h) the carrying into effect of sentences of courtsmartial 1[and court of appeals];
(i) the forms of orders to be made under the provisions of this Ordinance relating to courts
martial 1[and court of appeals] and sentences of 2[stoning to death, death, amputation of
hand, foot or both, imprisonment, whipping] or detention ;
(j) the constitution of authorities to decide for what persons, to what amounts and in what
manner provision should be made for dependants of prisoners of war or missing persons
under section 88 and the due carrying out of such decisions ;
(k) the relative rank of and powers of command to be exercised by officers, junior
commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers and non commissioned officers of
the Pakistan Army, the Pakistan Navy and the Pakistan Air Force, when acting together ;
(l) deductions on account of public and service debts from the pay and allowances of persons
subject to this Ordinance ; and
(m) any other matter directed by this Ordinance to be prescribed.
(3) All rules made under this Ordinance shall be published in the official Gazette and, on such
publication, shall have effect as if enacted in this Ordinance.
1 Ins. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (37 of 1984), s. 29.
2 Subs. ibid., “death, imprisonment”.
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