unit, troop or company, com plain to the officer under whose command or orders he is serving; and
may if attached to a unit, troop or company, complain to the officer commanding the same.
(2) When the officer complained against is the officer to whom any complaint should under
subsection (1), be preferred the aggrieved person may complain to such officer’s next superior
officer.
(3) Every officer receiving such complaint shall examine into it for giving full redress to the
complainant or, when necessary refer it to superior authority.
(4) Every such complaint shall be preferred in such manner and through such channels as may
from time to time be specified by proper authority.
(5) The 1[Federal Government] may revise any decision by the 2[Chief of the Army Staff] under
subsection (2), but otherwise the decision of the 2[Chief of the Army Staff] shall be final.
168. Complaint by Officers. Any officer who deems himself wronged by his commanding officer
or any superior officer and who, on due application made to his commanding officer, does not receive
the redress to which he considers himself entitled, may complain to the 1[Federal Government] in
such manner and through such channels as may from time to time be specified by proper authority.
169. Privileges of person attending Courts martial.___(1) No presi dent of member of a court
martial, no Judge advocate, no party to any proceedings before a court martial, or his legal
practitioner or agent, and no witness acting in obedience to a summons or order to attend a court
martial shall, while proceeding to, attending, or returning from, a Court martial, be liable to arrest
under civil or revenue process.
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1973 (51 of 1973), s. 3, for “Central Government”.
2 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table for “CommanderinChief”.
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