Army and generally for all or any of the purposes of this Act, other than those in respect of which
rules have been made under section 176.]
1[176B. Reference to CommanderinChief in other laws.___Reference in any law, and in any
rule, regulation, byelaw, notification, order, warrant, bond, document or other instrument made or
issued under any law, to the “CommanderinChief” in relation to the Pakistan Army shall be
construed as reference to the Chief of the Army Staff.
176C. Delegation of powers of the Chief of the Army Staff. ___2[(1) If at any time the Federal
Government considers it necessary to do so for any reason, the Federal Government may, by order in
writing, authorise the officer appointed as 3[Vice Chief of the Army Staff or, Deputy Chief of the
Army Staff] to exercise and perform such of the powers and functions vested in the Chief of the
Army Staff under any law, rules, regulations, order or instruction for the time being in force as may be
so specified ; and any such order may be made so as to have retrospective effect from any day not
preceding the twentyfourth day of June, 1978].
(2) 3[The Vice Chief of the Army Staff or, as the case may be, the] Deputy Chief of the Army
Staff shall exercise the powers and perform the functions conferred upon him under subsection (1) in
accordance with such general or special direction as may be given in that behalf by the Federal
Government.
1 Ins. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (51 of 1976), s. 32.
2 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1979 (60 of 1979), s. 2.
3 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Ordinance 1980 (37 of 1980), s. 2, (w.e.f. 151980).
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