104. Arrest by civil authorities. Whenever any person subject to this Act, who is accused of any
offence under this Act, is within the jurisdic tion of any magistrate or police officer, such magistrate or
police officer shall aid in the apprehension and delivery to Air Force custody of such person upon
receipt of a written application to that effect signed by his commanding officer.
105. Capture of deserters.___(1) Whenever any person subject to this Act, deserts, the
commanding officer of the unit or detachment to which he belongs, shall give written information of
the desertion to such civil authorities as, in his opinion, may be able to afford assistance towards the
capture of the deserter ; and such authorities shall thereupon take steps for the apprehension of the
said deserter in like manner as if he were a person for whose apprehension a warrant had been issued
by a magistrate, and shall deliver the deserter, when apprehended, into Air Fore custody.
(2) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person reasonably believed to be subject to
this Act, and to be a deserter or to be traveling without authority, and shall bring him without delay
before the nearest magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.
106. Inquiry into absence without leave.___(1) When any person subject to this Act has been
absent from his duty without due authority for a period of thirty days, a 1[board] of inquiry shall, as
soon as practicable, be assembled and such 1[board] shall on oath or affirmation administered in the
prescribed manner, inquire respecting the absence of the person, and the deficiency, if any, in the
property of the Government entrusted to his care, or in any arms, ammunition, equipment,
instruments, clothing or necessaries, and if satisfied of the fact of such absence without due authority
or other sufficient cause the 1[board] shall declare such absence and the period thereof, and the said
deficiency, if any ; and the commanding officer of the unit to which the person belongs shall enter,
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Act, 1967 (6 of 1967), s. 16.
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