The Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act, 1947

An Act to enable duties in connection with vital services to be imposed in an emergency on the Armed Forces of Bangladesh. 1 ♣ WHEREAS it is expedient to enable duties in connection with vital services to be imposed in an emergency on the Armed Forces of Bangladesh; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Short title and extent 1. (1) This Act may be called the Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act, 1947 . (2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.

Emergency duties of Armed Forces 2. (1) The 1 [Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare any specified service 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 (2) Upon a declaration being made under sub-section (1) and until it is rescinded, it shall be the duty of every person subject to the 2 [ Army Act, 1952 , or the Air Force Act, 1953 , or the Navy Ordinance, 1961 ], to obey any command given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 or Ordinance.

Repealed 3. [Validation of certain past commands.- Repealed by section 3 and Second Schedule of the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951 (Act No. XXVI of 1951).]