(c) any other separate body of persons composed wholly or partly of persons subject to
this Act, and specified as a unit by the 1[Federal Government] ;
(xxxi) “Warrant officer” means a person 2[commissioned] gazetted or in pay as a warrant
officer of the Air Force and includes an acting warrant officer, and a warrant officer of
the Pakistan Air Force Volunteer Reserve who is for the time being subject to this Act ;
(xxxii) all words and expressions used herein and defined in the Pakistan Penal Code(XLV of
1860) 3[or in any Islamic Law] and not hereinbefore defined, shall be deemed to have the
meanings respectively assigned to them by that Code 3[or, as the case may be, that law].
CHAPTER II
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF ACT IN CERTAIN CASES
5. Application of Act to certain forces under the 1[Federal Govern ment].___(1) The 1[Federal
Government] may, by notification, apply, with or without modifications, all or any of the provisions of
this Act to any force raised and maintained in Pakistan and suspend the operation of any other
enactment for the time being applicable to the said force.
1 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975 Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.
2 Subs. by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Act, 1967 (6 of 1967), s. 3, “for appointed”.
3 Ins. and added by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (38 of 1984), s. 2.
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