CHAPTER VII.__PENAL DEDUCTIONS
64. Authorised deductions only to be made from pay. The pay 1[and allowances] of an officer,
junior commissioned officer, warrant officer or of any person enrolled under this Act shall be paid
without any deductions other than deductions authorised by or under this Act or any other law for the
time being in force.
65. Deductions from pay and allowances.____(1) The following penal deductions may be made
from the 2[pay and allowances of an officer], that is to say,___
(a) all pay and allowances for every day he absents himself without leave, unless a
satisfactory explanation has been given to his comman ding officer or other superior
officer and has been accepted by the 3[Federal Government] ;
(b) all pay and allowances for every day while he is in custody or under suspension from duty
on a charge for an offence of which he is afterwards convicted by a Criminal Court or a
Court martial or by an officer exercising authority under section 23 ;
(c) any sum required to make good the pay of any person subject to this Act which he has
unlawfully retained or unlawfully refused to pay;
(d) all pay and allowances ordered by a Court martial or by an officer exercising authority
under section 23 to be forfeited or stopped ;
(e) any sum required to pay a fine awarded by a Criminal Court or a Court martial exercising
jurisdiction under section 59 ;
(f) any sum required to make good any loss, damage or destruction of any public or
1 Ins. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1958 (11 of 1958), s. 8.
2 Subs. ibid., s. 9, for “pay of an officer”.
3 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1973 (51 of 1973), s. 3, for “Central Government”.
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