in writing direct that any person referred to in clause (a) of subsection (1) of section 2, other than a
junior commissioned officer or warrant officer, shall, under such conditions as may be laid down by
regulations, be seconded for service with any other armed forces raised or maintained by the Federal
Government, including civil armed forces.]
1["2C.
Protection to Witnesses, President, Members of the Court, Defending Officers,
Prosecutors and Persons concerned with court proceedings.__ The convening authority or the
court constituted under this Act may, make such orders to take such measures, like sitting in camera,
not publishing the names of court officials etc, as it deems fit, within available resources, for the
protection of witnesses, President, Members, Prosecutors, defending officers and other persons
concerned in court proceedings for an offence under this Act, as may be prescribed.]
3. Special provision as to rank in certain cases.___(1) The 2[Federal Government] may, by
notification, direct that any person or class of persons subject to this Act under clause (c) 3[or clause
(d)] of subsection (1) of section 2 shall be so subject as officers, junior commissioned officers,
warrant officers or non‑commissioned officers, and may authorise any officer to give a like direction
with respect to any such person or to cancel such direction.
(2) All persons subject to this Act other than officers, junior com missioned officers, warrant
officers or non‑commissioned officers shall, if they are not persons in respect whom a notification or
direction under subsection (1) is in force, be deemed to be of a rank inferior to that of a
non‑commissioned officer.
4. Commanding officer of certain persons subject to the Act. Every person subject to the Act
under clause (c) of subsection (1) of section 2 shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be
under the command of the commanding officer of the corps, unit or detachment (if any) to which he
is attached, and if he is not so attached, then he shall be under the command of any officer who may
for the time being be named as his commanding officer by the officer commanding the force with
which such person may for the time being be serving, or if no such officer is named, under the
command of the said officer commanding the force:
Provided that an officer commanding a force shall not place a person under the command of an
officer of rank inferior to that of such persons, if there
1 Ins. by Act XIX at 2015, s. 2.
2 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1973 (51 of 1973), s. 3, for “Central Government”.
3 Ins. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (51 of 1976), s. 2.
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