(1) The Central Government may, by notification, direct that any persons or class of persons subject to this Act under ¹[clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 2] shall be so subject as officers, junior commissioned officers, warrant officers or non-commissioned officers and may authorise any officer to give a like direction and to cancel such direction.

(2) All persons subject to this Act other than officers, junior commissioned officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers shall, if they are not persons in respect of whom a notification or direction under sub-section (1) is in force, be deemed to be of a rank inferior to that of a non-commissioned officer.

1. Subs. by Act 56 of 1974, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "clause (i) of section 2".