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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 08:32:49+00:00

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1[243. Command of Armed Forces.—(1) The Federal Government shall have control and command of the Armed Forces.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces shall vest in the President.
(b) to grant Commissions in such Forces.
243. Command of Armed Forces.—(1) The Federal Government shall have control and command of the Armed Forces.
A. Item 50 of the schedule to P.O. No. 14 of 1985, inserted clause (1A) to Art. 243 (w.e.f. March 2, 1985).
(c) to appoint a*[****] b*[the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee,] the Chief of the Army Staff, the Chief of the Naval Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff, and determine their salaries and allowances.
a*. Section 5 of the Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, 1997, (I of 1997) omitted the words “in his discretion” in paragraph (c) of clause (2) of Art. 243 (w.e.f. April 3, 1997). The said words were inserted by item 50 of the schedule to P.O. No. 14 of 1985, (w.e.f. March 2, 1985).
b*. Item 50 of the schedule to P.O. No. 14 of 1985, also inserted the said words in paragraph (c) of clause 2 of Art. 243, (w.e.f. March 2, 1985).
C. Section 10 of the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003 (3 of 2003), validated the insertion of clause (3) of Art. 243, (w.e.f. December 31, 2003). Item 23 of the schedule to C.E.O. No. 24 of 2002, also inserted a new clause (3) to Art. 243, (w.e.f. August 21, 2002).
D. Section 8 of the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003 (3 of 2003), substituted the said words, in place of the words “in his discretion”, in clause (3) of Art. 243, (w.e.f. December 31, 2003).

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