(d) the accused so attached will be provided grounds of arrest within twentyfour hours of
arrest as provided for in this Act;
(e) the accused shall have the right to engage a counsel or his choice at his trial as provided
for in this Act. In case the accused is unable to engage a counsel due to any reason, the
convening authority at its discretion, may provide a counsel, on request of the accused, at
state expense;
(f) provisions of the QanuneShahadat, 1984 (President's Order C of 1984) shall apply at the
trial as provided for in this Act and clause (2) of Article 1 of the QanuneShahadat, 1984
(President's Order X of 1984);
(g) notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in
force, any person arrested, detained or held in custody by the armed forces, civil armed
forces or law enforcement agencies and kept under arrest, custody or detention before the
coming into force of the Pakistan Army (Amendment Act, 2017 (XI of 2017) shall be
deemed to have been arrested or detained pursuant to the provisions of this Act subject to
the amendments made through the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act II of
2015) and the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act XIX of 2015), if the offence
in respect of which such arrest or detention was made also constitutes an offence referred
to in subclause (iii)��or subclause (iv); and
(h) no suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person in respect of
anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under subclause (iii) or sub
clause (iv)
Explanation.___ In this clause, the expression "sect" means a sect of religion and does not include any
religious or political party requlated under the Political Parties Order, 2002.]
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