commission of the offence, served continuously in an exemplary manner for not less than three years
with any portion of the Pakistan regular forces.
(2) In the computation of the period of three years specified in sub section (1) any time spent by
the person in question as a prisoner of war, or in evading arrest; shall be excluded.
92. Liability of offender who ceases to be subject to Act.___(1) Where an offence has been
committed by any person while subject to this Act, and he has ceased to be so subject, he may be
taken into and kept in military custody and tried and punished for such offence as if he had continued
to be so subject.
(2) No such person shall be tried for an offence, unless his trial commences within six months
after he had ceased to be subject to this Act :
Provided that nothing contained in this subsection shall apply to the trial of any such person for
an offence or desertion, fraudulent enrolment or for any of the offences mentioned in section 31 1[or
section 40] or shall affect the jurisdiction of a criminal Court to try any offence triable by such Court
as well as by Court martial.
93. Place of trial.__ Any person subject to this Act who commits any offence against it may be
tried and punished for such offence in any place whatever.
94. Order in case of concurrent jurisdiction of Court martial and Criminal Court. When a
Criminal Court and a Court martial have each jurisdiction in respect of a civil offence, it shall be in
the discretion of the prescribed officer to decide before which Court the proceedings shall be
instituted and, if that officer decides that they shall be instituted before a Court martial, to direct that
the accused person shall be detained in military custody.
95. Power of Criminal Court to require delivery of offender.___ (1) When a Criminal Court
having jurisdiction is of the opinion that pro ceedings ought to be instituted before itself in respect of
any civil offence,
1 Ins. by the Army (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1976 (51 of 1976), s. 18.
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