Airports Security Force Act, 1975

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THE AIRPORTS SECURITY FORCE ACT, 1975 
 
 
 
 
  
CONTENTS 
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CHAPTER I 
SECTIONS: 
1.    Short title, extent, application and commencement. 
2.    Definitions. 
CHAPTER II 
 
3.    Power to constitute and maintain the Airports Security Force and its functions. 
4.    Constitution of the Airports Security Force. 
5.    Administration of the Force. 
CHAPTER III 
 
6.    Powers and duties of officers and members. 
7.    Liabilities of officers and members. 
CHAPTER IV 
7A    Officers and members to be subject to the Pakistan Army Act, 1952. 
7B    Consequence of sentence of imprisonment. 
7C    Suspension. 
7D    Place of imprisonment. 
 
 
Updated till 31.8.2022

 
 
7E    Capture of deserters. 
7F     Appeal and revision. 
7G    Appointment of officers and other members of the Force. 
CHAPTER V 
8.    Indemnity. 
9.    Delegation of powers by the Federal Government. 
10.    Delegation of powers by the Director-General. 
11.    Power to make rules. 
12.    Power to make regulations. 
13.    [Repeal]. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE AIRPORTS SECURITY FORCE ACT, 1975 
 
1ACT No. LXXVII OF 1975 
 
[13th December, 1975] 
 
An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of the Airports Security Force. 
 
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the constitution and regulation of the Ai rports 
Security Force for ensuring security of all aerodromes, airports, aircraft and civil aviation 
installations, and for the maintenance of law and order therein, and for matters connected therewith 
or ancillary thereto ; 
 
It is hereby enacted as follows:― 
 
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CHAPTER I 
 
 
 
1. Short title, extent,  application  and commencement. 
                  called the Airports Security Force Act, 1975. 
(1) This Act may be
 (2) It extends to all aerodromes and airports, all civil aviation stations, centres or    offices 
in Pakistan, all Pakistan air services and activities relating to civil aviation. 
            (3) It shall apply to all members and officers of the Force wherever they may be.  
            (4) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.―In this  Act, unless there is anything repugnant in  the subject  or   
context, 
 
(a)      “aerodrome” means any area of land or water designed, equipped, set apart or 
commonly used or intended to be used, either wholly or in part, for affording 
facilities for the landing, departure and movement of aircraft and includes all 
buildings, sh eds, v essels, pi ers, inst allations and equipments, and oth er 
structures   thereon   or   appertaining  thereto,   but   does   not   include  any 
aerodrome which is exclusively used by the Pakistan Air Force or any portion 
of an aerodrome which is used by the Pakistan Air Force ; 
 
(b)       “aircraft” means any machine which can derive support in the atmosphere 
from the reactions of the air, other than the reactions of the air against the earth's 
surface, and includes balloons, whether captive or free, airships, kites, gliders 
and flying machines ; 
 
            1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of P., 1975, Ext., Pt.III, p.1027. 
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(c)       “airport” means an aerodrome at which facilities have, in the opinion of the 
Federal Government, been sufficiently developed to be of importance to civil 
aviation; 
 
(d)      “air service” means a service of aircraft for any purpose of civil aviation, 
whether   aerial work, public transport or otherwise ; 
 
(e)      “air side” means the movement area of an aerodrome, adjacent terrain and buildings  
or  portions  thereof,  access  to  which  is  controlled  by the  1[force]; 
 
(f)        “competent authority” means any officer or authority designated as such by 
the Federal Government ; 
 
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(h)       “Force” means the Airports Security Force constituted under section 3 ;  
 
(i)        2[Director General] means the Commander incharge of the Force; 
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(k)       “member” means a person, other than an officer, who is appointed to the 
Force and has signed an affirmation in the form set out in the First Schedule ; 
 
(1)      “officer” means a person who is so appointed to the Force and has signed an 
affirmation in the form set out in the First Schedule ; 
 
(m)      “operator” means a person, organisation or enterprise engaged in or offering to 
engage in aircraft operation ; 
 
(n)       “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations ; 
 
(o)      “purposes of civil aviation” include all purposes connected with civil aviation and 
with air navigation, except purposes of defence by air ; 
 
(p)       “regulations” means regulations made under this Act ; and 
 
(q)       “rules” means rules made under this Act. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
   
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Subs. and omitted by the Air Ports Security Force (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (35 of 1984), s.3 
    2Subs by Act No.XXV of 2012, s 2 
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CHAPTER II 
 
3.  Power  to  constitute  and  maintain  the  Airports  Security  Force  and  its 
functions. (1) The Federal Government may constitute and maintain a force to be called 
the   Airport Security Force  for performing the following functions, namely :
(a)    ensuring security of all airports, aerodromes, aircraft and civil Aviation 
installations 1[within the limits of airports and aerodromes]  and for 
safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference or threats of 
such interference ; 
 
(b)    ensuring security of  all structures, equipments, material and installations 
belonging to  operators and other Government or non-Government 
organisations within the limits of airports and aerodromes ; 
 
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(e)     ensuring the proper conduct of persons at airports and aerodromes 1* * *  
including control of surface vehicles and drivers within the limits of airports and 
aerodromes ; 
(f)      ensuring security of aircraft passengers, baggage, cargo and mail within the 
limits of airports and aerodromes ; 
(g)      general maintenance of law and order within the limits of airports and aerodromes 
in conjunction with the police and taking cognizance of all offences committed at 
the airports and aerodromes under any law for the time being in force ; and 
(h)      such other functions as the Federal Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, require the Force to perform. 
 
(2) In the discharge of their functions, the officers and members shall be guided by, 
and act in accordance with, this Act, 2* * * and the rules and regulations. 
 
4. Constitution of the Airports Security Force.- (1) The head of the Force shall be 
a 3[Director General] appointed by the Federal Government. 
 
(2) The Force shall consist of such ranks and number of officers and members and shall 
be constituted in such manner as may be prescribed by rules. 
 
(3) The officers and members shall receive such pay, pension, allowances and other 
remuneration and shall enjoy such leave and other privileges as may be prescribed by rules 
from time to time. 
 
 
 
 
  
1Ins. and omitted by the Air Ports Security Force (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (35 of 1984),s.4. 
2Certain words which were previously subs. by Ord. 27 of 1981, s.3 and Sch.II have been omitted by the Airports Security Force 
 (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (35 of 1984),s.4 
3Subs by Act  No XXV of 2012, S.2.
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 (4) Every officer and member shall receive on his appointment a certificate in the 
form set out in the Second Schedule under the seal of the 1[Director General] or such other 
officer as the 1[Director General] may authorise in this behalf and by virtue of holding 
such certificate he shall be vested with the powers, functions and privileges of an officer or 
member. 
 
(5)  Any  person  who  ceases,  for  any  reason,  to  be  an  officer  or  member  shall 
forthwith surrender the certificate referred to in subsection (4) to any officer authorised by 
the 1[Director General] in this behalf. 
 
(6)  Officers  and  members  of  the  Force  shall  wear  such  uniforms  as  may  be 
prescribed by regulations. 
 
5. Administration of the Force. 
 
(1) The administration of the Force shall vest in
the 1[Director General] who shall administer it in accordance with the provisions of this Act, 
rules and such orders and instructions as may be made or issued by the Federal Government 
from time to time. 
 
(2) The 1[Director General] shall exercise his powers and perform his functions under 
the general supervision 2[and direction of the Federal Government]. 
 
CHAPTER III 
6. Powers and duties of officers and members.- (1) An officer or member shall 
 
(a)       take effective measures  for  ensuring security of all  airports,  aerodromes, 
aircraft  and  civil  aviation  installations  3[within the limits  of airports  and 
aerodromes] and for safeguarding civil aviation against acts of unlawful 
interference; 
 
(b)       s afeguard aircraft passengers, baggage, cargo and mail within the limits of 
aerodromes and airports ; 
 
(c)       prevent unauthorised persons and vehicles from access to the air-side or other 
areas important to the security of the aerodromes of airports ; 
 
(d)       require the operations of aircraft registered in Pakistan to conform to the 
prescribed civil aviation security requirements ; 
3[(e)    take effective measures for preventing hijacking, sabotage, placement of car 
bombs, letter bombs  and dangerous articles and carriage of arms and 
ammunitions into the restricted areas of the airports, aerodromes and aircraft 
except as authorised by him, and shall, as soon as he detects any contraband 
on the person or in the baggage of any person checked by him, notify it to the 
customs staff available at the airport or aerodrome for appropriate action 
under the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969);] 
 
 
 
 
 
1Subs by Act  No XXV of 2012, S.2. 
2Subs by the Airports Security Force (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984,s.5. 
3Ins .and subs ibit., s.6. 
 
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(f)       use such arms and ammunition and equipment as may be authorised by the 
1[Director General] 2[or an officer authorised by him] for the purposes of this 
Act ; 
(g)       search and arrest without warrant any person who he suspects of endangering, 
or attempting to endanger, or having endangered, the safety of an aerodrome 
or airport or an aircraft or a civil aviation installation and may use such force 
as may be necessary in the discharge of his duties aforesaid ; and 
(h)       perform such other functions as the competent authority may require him to 
perform. 
3[1A) The 1[Director General] may, with the previous approval of the Federal 
Government, call for military assistance in connection with post-landing and anti-hijacking 
operations at an airport or aerodrome; and, when he does so, all officers and members and 
all civil agencies operating at the airport or aerodrome shall function in accordance with the 
directions of the military authority rendering such assistance.] 
 
(2) An officer, for the purpose of this Act, shall exercise, within the areas in which this 
Act applies, all the powers conferred on an officer-in-charge of a poli ce station under the 1[ 
Police Order, 2002  (Chief Executive’s Order No. 22 of 2002 )], and the Code of  Criminal 
Procedure, 1898 Act (V of 1898). 
 
 
7. Liabilities of officers and members. (1) It shall be the duty of every officer and 
member promptly to obey and execute all orders and instructions issued to him by any 
competent authority. 
 
(2) Every officer and member shall be liable to serve wherever he is required to serve by 
the competent authority. 
 
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1Subs by Act  No XXV of 2012, S.2. 
2Ins. Ibid  
3Ins. by the Airports Security Force (amdt.) Ordinance 1984 (35 of 1984 ), s.6. 
4Omitted ibid. , s.7. 
 
 
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1[CHAPTER IV] 
7A. Officers and members to be subject to the Pakistan Army Act, 1952.— (1) 
Every officer and member of the Force shall, unless he is already so subject, be subject to 
the Pakistan Army Act, 1952 (XXXIX of 1952) hereafter in this Chapter referred to as the 
Act. 
 
(2) The 2[Director General] shall, in respect of all officers and members of the Force, 
have all the powers conferred by or under the Act on an officer empowered to convene a 
general court martial. 
 
(3) Subject to sub-section (2), the Federal Government may, by general or special 
order, direct by what authority any jurisdiction, powers or duties incidental to the operation 
of the provisions of the Act shall be exercised or performed in respect of the Force. 
 
3[(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in 
force, except the authorities specified in sub-sections (1) and (2) of s ection 7F, no other 
authority, t ribunal or court shall have jurisdiction to v ary, modify; alter, annual, set aside, 
revise or review any order passed by any officer of the Force, authorised under the Pakistan 
Army Act, 1952 (XXXIX of 1952). 
 
7B. Consequence of sentence of imprisonment. An officer or member of the Force 
who is sentenced to imprisonment for a term which is not less than ninety days shall be deemed 
to have been dismissed from the Force. 
 
7C. Suspension. Any officer shall be competent to suspend in the prescribed manner 
a member of the Force working under him for any mis-conduct, remissness or negligence in 
the discharge of his duties. 
 
7D. Place of imprisonment. If a m ember of t he Force s entenced under the A ct to 
imprisonment for a term shorter than ninety days is also dismissed from service, he shall be 
imprisoned in the n earest prison or su ch other p rison as the Federal Government may, by 
general or special order, direct; but if he is not so dismissed, he may be confined in a quarter 
guard or such other place as the 2[Director General] may consider suitable. 
 
7E. Capture of deserters.— (1) Whenever any person subject to the Act deserts, the 
Chief Security Officer shall give written information of the desertion to such civil authorities 
as in his opinion may be able to afford assistance towards the capture of the deserter and 
such authorities shall thereupon take steps for the apprehension of the said deserter in like 
manner as if he were a person for whose apprehension a warrant had been issued by a 
Magistrate, and shall deliver the deserter, when apprehended, into the custody of the Force. 
 
   1Ins. ibid., s. 8. 
    2Subs by Act  No XXV of 2012, S.2. 
3New sub-section (4) added by the Airports Security Force (Amdt.) Act 1994, (16 of 1994),s.2. 
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(2) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person whom he reasonably 
believes to be subject to the Act and a deserter or absentee without leave and bring him without 
delay before the nearest Magistrate to be dealt with according to law. 
 
7F. Appeal and revision.—(1) In all cases decided by the 1[Director], a Chief Security 
Officer or any other officer, a person aggrieved may, within thirty days of the order, appeal to 
the officer higher than the one awarding the punishment. 
 
(2) A person aggrieved by an order of the 1[Director General] awarding any punishment 
may, within thirty days of the order, apply to the Federal Government for revision. 
 
7G. Appointment of officers and other members of the Force.— 1[(1) The Federal 
Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint a Deputy Director-General 
(Coordination) and such number of  D irectors, Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors and 
Deputy Assistant Directors as it may think fit.] 
 
(2) The 1[Director General] may appoint, within the cadre strength sanctioned by the 
Federal Government, such number of Inspectors, Sub-Inspectors, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, 
1[Sergeants] and 1[Corporals] as he may consider necessary for the efficient performance of 
the functions of the Force. 
 
(3) The rank structure of the officers and other members of the Force vis-a-vis the 
Pakistan Army shall be such as may be prescribed by rule.] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1Subs by Act  No XXV of 2012, SS.2.4.5. 
 
 
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1[CHAPER V] 
 
8. Indemnity. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding sh all lie against any 
person for anything which is in good faith done, or intended to be done, under this Act or the 
rules or regulations. 
 
9. Delegation of powers by the Federal Government. The Federal Government 
may, by notification in the official Gazette, delegate all or any of its powers under this Act, 
except those under section 11, to the 2[3[Director General] or such officer as it may deem fit.] 
 
10. Delegation of powers by the Director-General. The 3[Director General] may, by 
notification in the official Gazette and with the prior approval in writing of the Federal 
Government, delegate all or any of his powers under the rules for the efficient functioning of 
the Force to any officer or authority subordinate to him. 
 
11. Power to make rules. The Federal Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, make 4rules 
 
(a)       regulating the functions and powers of the officers; 
 
(b)       regulating the classes and grades of, and the remuneration and rewards to be 
paid to, the officers and members of the Force and their conditions of service; 
 
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(e)       generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. 
 
12. Power to make regulations. The 3[Director General]  may, by notification in the 
official Gazette and with the prior approval in writing of  the Federal Government, make 
regulations consistent with this Act and the rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 
 
13. [Repeal] Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 
1981 (XXVII of 1981), s.3 and Sch.,II. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1Ins. by the Airport Security Force (Amdt.) Ordinance 1984 (35 of 1984) S.9. 
2Subs. ibid., s. 2. 
    3Subs by Act  No XXV of 2012, S.5. 
4For the Air Ports Security Force (Discipline) Rules, 1977, see S.R.O. No. 1027(l)/77, dated the 28th October. 1977 vide 
Gaz. of P., 1977 
Ext.. (Islamabad), Pt. II. pp. 1783—1787. 
5Omitted by the Air Ports Security Force (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (35 of 1984), s.11 
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FIRST SCHEDULE 
 
[See section 2 (k) and (1)] 
 
FORM OF AFFIRMATION 
 
I,………………………………………………solemnly affirm in the presence of 
Almighty Allah that I will bear true faith and allegiance to Pakistan and that I will, as in duty 
bound, honestly and faithfully serve in the Airports Security Force and go wherever I may 
be ordered by air, land or sea, and that I will observe and obey all commands of any officer set 
over me even to the peril of my life. 
 
Signed in acknowledgement of the above having been read out to me. 
 
Person Enrolled 
 
Date………… 
 
Signed in my presence after I had ascertained that the person understood the purpose 
of what he signed. 
 
1[Director General] 
 or 
other Enrolling Officer. 
 
 
 
 
ROMAN URDU TRANSLATION OF AFFIRMATION 
 
Main………………………………………………Khuda-e-Taala ko Hazir-o-Nazir 
Janker iman se iqrar karta hun key main Pakistan ka sache dil se wafadar rahunga aur Airports 
Security Force men imandari aur wafadari se khidmat ka farz baja launga, aur hawa, 
khushki ya tari ke raste jahan bhi jane ka hukam melega jaonga aur jise mera afsar muqarar kia 
jaega uskey har hukam ki tamil aur pairwi karunga, khah usmen jan ka khatra ho. 
 
SECOND SCHEDULE 
[See section 4(4)] 
CERTIFICATE 
Mr……………………………has been appointed as officer/member of the Airports Security 
Force under the Airports Security Force Act, 1975 (………..of 1975), and is vested with the 
powers, functions and privileges of an officer/member of the Force. 
 
 1Subs by Act  No XXV of 2012, S.2.