PREAMBLE

THE ARMED FORCES (EMERGENCY DUTIES) ACT, 1947 THE ARMED FORCES (EMERGENCY DUTIES) ACT, 1947. [For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1947, Pt. V, p. 128. The Act has been applied to Baluchistan, see Gazette of India, 1947, Pt. I, p. 535. The Act has been extended to the Leased Areas of Baluchistan by the Leased Areas (Laws) Order, 1950 (G. G. O. 3 of 1950).] ACT No. XV of 1947 [20th March, 1947] An Act to enable duties in connection with vital services to be imposed in an emergency on the Armed Forces of [Subs. by A. O., 1961, Art. 2 and Sch., for the Crown (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956).] [Pakistan]. WHEREAS it is expedient to enable duties in connection with vital services to be imposed in an emergency on the Armed Forces of [Subs. by A. O., 1961, Art. 2 and Sch., for the Crown (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956).] [Pakistan]; It is hereby enacted as follows:‑