1[(9a) “military custody” means the arrest or confinement of a person according to the usage
of the service and includes naval or air force custody ;
(9b) “military reward” includes any gratuity or annuity for long service or good conduct, any
good service pay or pension, and any other military pecuniary award ;]
(10) “non‑commissioned officer” means a persons attested under this Act who holds a
non‑commissioned rank in the Pakistan Army 2[and includes an active noncommissioned
officer];
(1l) “offence” means any act or omission punishable under this Act and includes a civil
offence as hereinbefore defined ;
3[(12) “officer” means a person, other than a junior commissioned officer, commissioned,
gazetted or in pay as an officer of the Pakistan Army and includes, in relation to a person
subject to this Act when serving under such conditions as may be prescribed, an officer of
the Pakistan Navy and an officer of the Pakistan Air Force,].
(l3) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
(14) “service” when used in relation to an institution, necessaries, books, band, mess, money,
goods or other property means an institution, necessaries, books, band, mess, money,
goods or other property belonging to, or connected with, the Pakistan Army or any unit or
part thereof ;
1 New clauses (9a) and (9b) ins. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1958 (11 of 1958), s. 4.
2 Added, ibid.
3 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (51 of 1976), s. 3 which was previously subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1963 (9 of 1963), s. 2, for the original clause (12), to read
as above.
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