Section 10: Powers exercisable for purposes of filed firing and artillery practice

10. Powers exercisable for purposes of filed firing and artillery practice.__(1) Where a notification under sub-section (2) of section 9 has been issued, such persons as are included in the forces engaged in field firing or artillery practice may, within the notified area or specified part thereof during the specified period or periods,__ (a) carry out field firing and artillery practice with lethal missiles, and (b) exercise, subject to the provisions of sections 3 and 4, any of the rights conferred by section 3 on forces engaged in military menoeuvres: Provided that the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3 shall not debar entry into, or interference with, any place specified in that sub-section, if it is situated in an area declared to be a danger zone under sub-section (2) of this section, to the extent that may be necessary to ensure the exclusion from it of persons and domestic animals: Provided further that in the case of a dwelling house occupied by women adequate warning shall be given through a local inhabitant and entry shall be effected after such warning in the presence of two respectable inhabitants of the locality. 1Subs. by F. A. O., 1975, Art. 2 and Sch., for “Provincial Government”. 2For such Notifns., see Gazette of West Pakistan, 1956, Pt. I, pp. 407, 811-812, ibid., 1956, Ext., pp. 1037-1038, ibid., 1957, Ext., pp. 331 and 535, ibid., 1957, Ext., pp. 823, 1087-1088 and 1100, and ibid., 1958, Ext., p. 9. 3Subs. by Ordinance No. LXXV of 1962, s.3, for “for a specified term of years the carrying out periodically”. 4Subs. ibid. for “during any period or periods specified in the notification”. 5Subs. by the Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice (Amdt.) Act, 1956 (XVII of 1956), s. 3, for "two months". (2) The Officer Commanding the forces engaged in any such practice may, within the notified area or specified part thereof, declare any area to be a danger zone, and thereupon the Collector shall, on application made to him by the Officer Commanding the forces engaged in the practice, prohibit the entry into and secure the removal from such danger zone of all persons and domestic animals during the times when the discharge of lethal missiles is taking place or there is danger to life or health. 1[10A. Danger zone adjoining classification range.___(1) The 2[Federal Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare any area adjoining a classification range as a danger zone. (2) Where any area has been declared as a danger zone under sub-section (1), the local Station Commander,__ (a) may prohibit construction of, or addition or alteration to, any building or structure except on such conditions as he may, in writing, impose ; and (b) shall prohibit entry into, and secure the removal from, such zone of all persons and domestic animals during the times when classification firing is taking place or there is danger to life.]

Effective date: 1938-01-01

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