83. Requirement of sanction in certain cases.___(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2),
the punishments mentioned in section 82 shall not be inflicted in respect of an offence under any of
the sections 34, 35 and 36 when committed on active service, or under any of the sections 37, 38, 40,
42 (f) and (g), 43, 47, 52, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66 (a), (b) and (c) and 71 except with the previous sanction
in writing of an officer having power to convene a district court‑martial.
(2) The said punishments may be awarded without such sanction in the case of any offence, other
than an offence under section 34 or section 71, committed by persons who have not been enrolled as
combatants.
84. Limit of punishments under section 82.___(1) An award of punish ment under section 82
shall not include field punishment in addition to one or more of the punishments specified in clauses
(a) and (b) of that section.
(2) In the case of an award of two or more of the punishments specified in clauses (a), (b) and (c)
of the said section, the punishment specified in clause (b) or clause (c) shall take effect only at the
end of the punishment specified in clause (a).
1[(3) When punishments specified in the said clauses (a) and (b) are awarded to a person
conjointly, or when already undergoing one or both of the said punishments and any other punishment
is awarded, the whole extent of the punishments shall not exceed in the aggregate fortytwo days.]
(4) The punishments specified in clauses (a), (b), (c), (e), (g), and (j) of section 82 shall not be
awarded to any person who is of the rank of noncommissioned officer or was, at the time of
committing the offence for which he is punished, of such rank.
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Act, 1963 (8 of 1963), s. 8, for the original subsection (3).
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