9. Exercise of powers vested in holder of Air Force office. Any power or jurisdiction given to,
and any act or thing to be done by, to, or before any person holding any Air Force appointment may
be exercised by, or done by, to, or before any other person for the time being authorised in that behalf
according to the custom of the service, or according to rules made under this Act.
10. Power to declare persons to be on active service. Notwithstanding anything contained in
clause (i) of section 4, the 1[Federal Government] may, by notification, declare that any persons or
class of persons subject to this Act shall, with reference to any area in which they may be serving or
with reference to any provision of this Act or of any other law for the time being in force, be deemed
to be on active service within the meaning of this Act.
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CHAPTERIII
2[COMMISSION AND ENROLMENT.]
3[11. Grant of Commissions. The President may grant to such person as he thinks fit a
commission as an officer or a junior commission as a warrant officer of the Air Force.]
4[12. Ineligibility of aliens for enrolment. No person who is not a citizen of Pakistan shall,
except with the consent of the Federal Government signified in writing, be granted a commission or a
junior commission or be enrolled in the Air Force.]
13. Procedure before enrolling officer. Upon the appearance before the prescribed enrolling
officer of any person desirous of being enrolled, the enrolling officer shall read and explain
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. 4.
3 Subs. ibid., s. 5.
4 Section 12 which was previously amended by Act 6 of 1958, 8 of 1963, have been subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration), Ordinance, 1981 (27 of 1981), s. 3, and
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