Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act 1947

THE ARMED FORCES (EMERGENCY DUTIES) ACT, 1947

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THE ARMED FORCES (EMERGENCY DUTIES) ACT, 1947 ________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS ________ SECTIONS 1. Validation of certain past commands.

THE ARMED FORCES (EMERGENCY DUTIES) ACT, 1947

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Section 1 — Short title and extend

Section 2 — Emergency duties of Armed Forces

Section 3 — Validation of certain past commands

THE ARMED FORCES (EMERGENCY DUTIES) ACT, 1947 1 ACT NO. 15 OF 1947 [20th March, 1947.] An Act to enable duties in connection with vital services to be imposed in an emergency on an 2 Armed Forces * * *. WHEREAS it is expedient to enable duties in connection with vital services to be imposed in the 2 emergency on the Armed Forces * * *. It is hereby enacted as follows:— 3 1. Short title and extend.— * * * This Act may be called the Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act, 1947. Emergency duties of Armed Forces.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the 5 Official Gazette, declare any specified service [in a State] to be a service of vital importance to the community: Provided that such notification shall remain in force for one month in the first instance, but may be extended, from time to time, by a like notification. (2) Upon a declaration being made under sub-section (1) and until it is rescinded, it shall be the duty 6 of every person subject to [the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950) or the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950)], 7 8 or * * * [the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957)], to obey any command given by any superior officer in relation to employment upon or in connection with the service specified in the declaration; and every such command shall be deemed to be a lawful command within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Acts.