of persons subject to this Act shall, with reference to any area in which they may be serving or with
reference to all or any of the provisions 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.
8. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,____
(1) “active service”, as applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which
such person is attached to, or forms part of a force which is engaged in operation against
an enemy, or is engaged in military operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country
or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy, or is attached to or forms part of a force
which is in military occupation of a foreign country ;
1[(2) “Chief of the Army Staff” means the officer commanding the Pakistan Army ;
(3) “Civil offence” means an offence which, if committed in Pakistan, would be triable by a
criminal court.]
(4) “Commanding Officer” means:___
(i) when used in any provision of this Act with reference to any separate portion of the
Pakistan Army, the officer whose duty it is under the regulations of the Pakistan
Army, or in the absence of such regula tions by the custom of the service, to
discharge with respect to that portion, the functions of the commanding officer, 2*
(ii) when used in relation to a person subject to this Act, the officer for the time being in
command of any separate portion of the Pakistan Army
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (51 of 1976), s. 3. for subsection (2) and (3).
2 Omitted by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1973 (51 of 1973), s. 2.
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