PAKISTAN AIR FORCE ACT, 1953
1ACT No. V1 OF 1953
[15th April, 1953]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the government and discipline of the
Pakistan Air Force.
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the government and
discipline of the Pakistan Air Force ;
It is hereby enacted as follows :___
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.___(1) This Act may be called the Pakistan Air Force Act, 1953.
(2) It shall come into force on such date2 as the 3[Federal Government] may, by notification, appoint
in this behalf.
2. Persons subject to this Act. The following persons shall be subject to this Act wherever they may
be, namely :___
(a) officers and warrant officers of the Air Force ;
4[(b) persons enrolled under the Indian Air Force Act, 1932, before the date notified in
pursuance of subsection (2) of section 1
1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of P. 1953, Pt. IX Pages 59 and 60.
The Act has been and shall be deemed to have been brought into force in Gwadur with effect from the 8 th September 1958, by the Gwadur (Application of Central Laws) Ordinance,
1960 (37 of 1960), s. 2.
2 I. e., the 23 rd day of March, 1958, see Gaz. of P., 1958, Pt. III, p. 8.
3 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.
4 Subs. by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Act, 1958 (6 of 1958), s. 2, for the original clause (b) (with effect from the 23 rd March, 1958).
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