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      "section_content": "1. (1) This Act may be called theArmed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act, 1947.(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh."
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      "section_content": "2. (1) The2[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from time to time, by a like notification.(2) Upon a declaration being made under sub-section (1) and until it is rescinded, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person subject to the3[Army Act, 1952, or theAir Force Act, 1953, or theNavy Ordinance, 1961], to obey any command given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."
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      "section_content": "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 [Validation of certain past commands.- Repealed by section 3 and Second Schedule of the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951 (Act No. XXVI of 1951).]"
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      "footnote_text": "1Throughout this Act, the word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the word “Pakistan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
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      "footnote_text": "2The word “Government” was substituted for the words “Central Government” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
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      "footnote_text": "3The words, commas and figure “Army Act, 1952, or theAir Force Act, 1953, or theNavy Ordinance, 1961” were substituted for the words, commas and figure “Indian Army Act, 1911 or the PakistanArmy Act, 1952, or the Indian Air Force Act, 1932 or the PakistanAir Force Act, 1953, or the PakistanNavy Ordinance, 1961” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of theBangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973(Act No. VIII of 1973)"
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