12. Enrolment 1[and Junior Commission].__ 2[(1) The terms and conditions of service of chief
pety officers and sailors, and the manner and procedure for the grant of junior commission or, as the
case may be, their enrolment, shall be such as may be specified in the regulations.].
(2) No person shall be enrolled as a 3[sailor] in the Pakistan Navy for an Initial period Of
engagement exceeding such period as may be prescribed.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force,__
(a) the enrolment of any person under this Ordinance shall be binding on him both during his
minority and after he attains majority ;
(b) neither the parent or guardian of a minor duly enrolled under this Ordinance nor any other
person shall be entitled to claim custody of the said minor as against the 4[Federal
Government] or any of its officers or other persons set over him.
5[(4) A 3[Sailor] who is, or has before the commencement of the Pakistan Navy
(Amendment) Ordinance, 1965, been, promoted to the rank of chief petty officer shall be granted
junior commission in the Pakistan Navy upon such terms and conditions as may be specified in the
regulations.
(5) The chief petty officers who, having been promoted before the commencement of the
Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965, are granted commission in pursuance of subsection
(4) shall rank among themselves in the order of their seniority as chief petty officers.]
13. Validity of enrolment. Every person who has for the space of three months been in receipt of
pay as a person enrolled under this Ordi nance and been borne on the books of any naval ship or naval
establishment shall be deemed to have been duly enrolled and shall not be entitled to claim his
discharge on the ground of any irregularity or illegality in his enrolment or on any other ground
whatsoever ; and if any person in receipt of such pay and
1 Added by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1965 (56 of 1965), s.3.
2 Subs. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1980 (55 of 1980), s.4, for subsection (1).
3 Subs. ibid., for “ratings”.
4 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.
5 Subsections (4) and (5) ins. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1965��(56 of 1965), s. 3.
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