to such a person, shall not be deemed to be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall not be tried
by a court‑martial, unless he commits any of the said offences :___
(a) while on active service, or
(b) at any place outside Pakistan, or
1[(c) at a frontier post specified by the 2[Federal Government] by notification in this behalf.
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CHAPTER VII
PUNISHMENTS
3[73. Punishments awardable by courts‑martial. Punishments may be inflicted in respect of
offences committed by persons subject to this Act and convicted by courts‑martial according to the
following scale, that is to say :___
(a ) stoning to death ;
(b) death;
(c) amputation of hand, foot or both ;
(d) imprisonment for life, which shall be rigorous imprisonment for a term not exceeding
twentyfive years ;
(e) long imprisonment, which may be rigorous or simple for any term not exceeding fourteen
years;
(f) whipping not exceeding one hundred stripes ;
1 For notifn., specifying certain frontier posts for the purposes of this Clause. Sec., Gaz. of P., 1957 Pt. III pp. 225226.
2 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table for “Central Government”.
3 Section 73 subs. by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (38 of 1984), s. 6.
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