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.
2. [Repealed.]
Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 58 of 1960, s. 2 and the First Schedule.
3. Construction of references to Commanders-in-Chief in enactments or instruments. THE SCHEDULE [Repealed.] ACT NO. 19 OF 1955 [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
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, 58 of 1960, s. 2 and the First Schedule. Part II, sec. 4.