discharged, or whose discharge is ordered by competent authority, and who, when he is so entitled or
ordered to be discharged, is serving out of Pakistan, and requests to be sent to Pakistan, shall, before
being discharged, be sent to Pakistan with all convenient speed.
(2) Any person subject to this Act who is dismissed from the service and who, when he is so
dismissed is serving out of Pakistan shall be sent to Pakistan with all convenient speed.
(3) When any such person as is mentioned in subsection (2) is sentenced to dismissal combined
with any other punishment, such other punishment, or in the case of a sentence of 1[Imprisonment for
life or for a shorter term] a portion of such sentence, may be inflicted before he is sent to Pakistan.
Explanation.____For the purposes of this section, the word “discharge” shall include retirement or
release, and the word “dismissal” shall include removal.
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CHAPTER IV.___ SUMMARY REDUCTION AND PUNISHMENT OTHERWISE THAN BY
SENTENCE OF COURT MARTIAL.
21. Reduction of warrant officers and non‑ commissioned officers. ___(1) The 2[Chief of the
Army Staff] may reduce to a lower grade or class any warrant officer.
(2) The 2[Chief of the Army Staff] or 3[an officer having power to convene a district court martial
or an officer not below the rank of lieutenantcolonel empowered by the 2[Chief of the Army Staff] in
this behalf] may reduce to a lower grade or rank or to
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (51 of 1976), s. 7, for “transportation of imprisonment”.
2 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975 Art. 2 and Sch., for “CommanderinChief”.
3 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1965 (40 of 1965), s. 4, for original words.
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