3. (1) The Government may, by notification, direct that any persons or class of persons subject to this Act under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 shall be so subject as officers, ¹[junior commissioned officers] or non-commissioned officers, and may authorise any officer to give a like direction with respect to any such person or to cancel such direction. (2) All persons subject to this Act other than officers, ²[junior commissioned officers] or 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 ³[lower] to that of a non-commissioned officer.