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COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF (CHANGE IN DESIGNATION) ACT 1955

ACT NO. 19 OF 1955 AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ENACTMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF

[3rd May, 1955.]

Short title and commencement.

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 date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of certain enactments. 2. [Amendment of certain enactments.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960 (58 of 1960), s. 2 and Sch. I.

Construction of references to Commanders-in-Chief in enactments orinstruments. 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