rate, and any 1[chief petty officer or sailor] exercising the authority as a member of the regulating
staff or as a member of the staff of the officer of the watch ;
(c) in any case, a provost officer or any officer or person legally exercising authority under or on
behalf of a provost officer:
Provided that an officer shall not be arrested by virtue of clause (c) except on the order of
another officer.
(3) Any power of arrest under this section may be exercised either personally or by ordering into
arrest the person to be arrested or by giving orders for that person’s arrest.
90. Provision for avoiding delay after arrest.__(1) Where any person subject to this Ordinance
is placed under arrest, it shall be the duty of his commanding officer to ensure that as soon as may be
either the proceedings are taken for his trial or he is released from arrest.
(2) Every person subject to this Ordinance who has been taken into naval custody and kept under
close arrest shall be produced before his commanding officer within a period of 48 hours of such
arrest, excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the commanding
officer, and no such person shall be detained in custody beyond the said period without authority of
the commanding officer.
(3) Whenever any person subject to this Ordinance having been taken into naval custody,
remains, under close arrest for a period longer than eight days without being tried summarily or a
court for his trial being ordered to assemble, a special report on the necessity for further delay shall
be made by his commanding officer to the 2[Chief of the Naval Staff] and a similar report shall be so
made every eight days until the person under arrest is released from arrest or tried summarily or such
a court is ordered to assemble.
91. Duty to receive or keep in custody.__(1) The commanding officer shall be responsible for
the safe custody of every person who is in naval custody on board his ship or in his establishment.
(2) The officer 3[, chief petty officer or sailor] in charge of a guard, or a provost marshal shall
receive and keep any person who is duly committed to his custody.
92. Procedure before trial. Subject to the provisions of this Ordi nance the procedure before
trial and the manner of investigation shall be as prescribed.
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1980 (55 of 1980), s. 17 for rating.
2 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art.2 and Sch., for “CommanderinChief”.
3 Subs. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1980 (55 of 1980), s. 18. for “or rating”.
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