(CHAPTER XV.___RULES)
176. Power to make rules.___(1) The 1[Federal Government] may make rules 2for the purpose of
carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by subsection (1), such rules may
provide for___
(a) the retirement, release, discharge, removal or dismissal from the service of persons subject
to this Act;
(b) the specification of punishments which may be awarded as field punishments under
sections 23 and 61;
(c) the assembly and procedure of Courts of inquiry 3[the recording of summaries of evidence
and the abstracts of evidence] and the administration of oaths and affirmations by such
Courts;
(d) the convening and constitution of Courts martial 4[and the court of Appeals];
(e) the adjournment, dissolution and sittings of Courts martial 4[and the Court of Appeals];
(f) the procedure to be observed in trials by Courts martial 5[and the Court of Appeals], and
the qualification of legal practitioners who appear thereat;
(g) the confirmation, revision and annulment of, and petitions against, the findings and
sentences of Courts martial;
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Army, (Amdt.) Act, 1973 (51 of 1973) s. 3, for “Central Government”.
2 For the Pakistan Army Act Rules, 1954, see Gaz. of Pak., 1955, Ext., pp. 251388.
3 Ins. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1965 (15 of 1965), s. 5.
4 Added by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (36 of 1984) s, 26.
5 Ins. ibid.
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