CHAPTER IX.___COURTS MARTIAL
Constitution, Jurisdiction and Powers of Courts Martial.
80. Kinds of Courts Martial. For the purposes of this Act, there shall be four kinds of Courts
martial, that is to say,___
(1) general Courts martial ;
(2) district Courts martial ;
(3) field general Courts martial; and
(4) summary Courts martial.
81. Power to convene general Courts martial. A general Court martial may be convened by the
1[Chief of the Army Staff] or by an officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of the 1[Chief of the
Army Staff].
82. Power to convene district Courts martial. A district Court martial may be convened by an
authority having power to convene a general Court martial or by an officer empowered in this behalf
by a warrant of any such authority.
83. Limitation of powers of convening authorities. A warrant issued under section 81 or section
82 may contain such restrictions, reservations or conditions as the authority issuing it may think fit.
84. Power to convene field general Court martial. The following authorities shall have power
to convene a field general Court martial, namely :___
(a) an officer empowered in this behalf by an order of the 2[Federal Government] or of the
1[Chief of the Army Staff].
(b) on active service, an officer commanding a portion of the Pakistan Army, not below the
rank of brigadier, if in the opinion of such officer commanding, such opinion
1 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975 Art. 2 and Sch., for “CommanderinChief”.
2 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1973 (51 of 1973), s. 3, for “Central Government”.
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