Commanders-In-Chief (Change In Designation) Act, 1955

• Commanders-In-Chief (Change In Designation) Act, 1955
  • 1. Short title and commencement.
  • 2. Amendment of certain enactments.
  • 3. Construction of references to Commanders-in-Chief in enactments or instruments.

The Commanders-In-Chief (Change In Designation) Act, 1955

ACT NO. 19 OF 1955

27/1375

[3rd May, 1955]
An Act To Amend Certain Enactments For The Purpose Of Changing the Designation of the Commanders-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

1. Short title and commencement.(1) This Act may be called the Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act, 1955.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. [Amendment of certain enactments]. Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960 (58 of 1960), s. 2 and Sch. I.
3. Construction of references to Commanders-in-Chief in enactments or instruments.Any reference, by whatever form of words, to the Commander-in-Chief of the regular Army, the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, in any law for the time being in force, or in any instrument or other document, shall be construed as a reference to the Chief of the Army Staff, the Chief of the Naval Staff, and the Chief of the Air Staff respectively.

[THE SCHEDULE.]

Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960 (58 of 1960), s. 2 and Sch. I.