Section 2: Power of Federal Government to authorized manoeuvres

2. Power of Federal Government to authorized manoeuvres.___(1) The 3[Federal Government] may, by notification in the local official Gazette, authorise the execution of military manoeuvres over any area specified in the notification during a specified period not exceeding three months: 4[* * * * * * *] (2) The 3[Federal Government] shall publish notice of its intention to issue a notification under sub-section (1) as early a possible in advance of the issue of the notification, and no such notification shall be issued until the expiry of 5[six weeks] from the date of the first publication of such notice in the local official Gazette. (3) The notice required by sub-section (2) shall be given by publication in the local official Gazette and shall also be given throughout the area which it is proposed to specify by the notification by publication in the manner prescribed by rule made under section 13, and shall be repeated by like publication one month and one week as nearly as may be before the commencement of the manoeuvres. 1This Act has been applied to Baluchistan, see Notification No. 231-F., dated the 15th September, 1938, Gazette of India, 1938, Pt. I, p. 1557. It has also been extended to___ (i) the Leased Areas of Baluchistan, see the Leased Areas (Laws) Order, 1950 (G. G. O. 3 of 1950) : and also applied in the Federated Areas of Baluchistan, see Gazette of India, 1937, Pt. 1, p. 1499, (ii) the Baluchistan States Union by the Baluchistan States Union (Federal Laws) (Extension) Order, 1953 (G. G. O. 4 of 1953), as amended, and (iii) the Khairpur State, see the Khairpur (Federal Laws) (Extension) Order, 1953 (G. G. O. 5 of 1953), as amended. The Act has been and shall be deemed to have been brought into force in Gwadur with effect from the 8th September, 1958, by the Gwadur (Application of Central Laws) Ordinance, 1960 (XXXVII of 1960), s. 2. 2Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960, (XXI of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for the original sub-section (2), as amended by A. O., 1949. 3Subs, by F. A. O., 1975, Art. 2 and Sch., for “Provincial Government”. 4Proviso omitted by the Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice (Amdt.) Act, 1956 (XVII of 1956), s. 2. 5Subs. ibid., for “three months”.

Effective date: 1938-01-01

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