8. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-(1) “active service”, as applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person is attached to, or forms part of a force which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or is engaged in military operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy, or is attached to or forms part of a force which is in military occupation of a foreign country;(2) “civil offence” means an offence which, if committed in Bangladesh, would be triable by a criminal court;(3) “Chief of Army Staff” means the Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army;(4) “commanding officer” means:- (i) when used in any provision of this Act with reference to any separate portion of the Bangladesh Army, the officer whose duty it is under the regulations of the Bangladesh Army, or in the absence of such regulations by the custom of the service, to discharge with respect to that portion, the functions of the commanding officer, and(ii) when used in relation to a person subject to this Act, the officer for the time being in command of any separate portion of the Bangladesh Army or of any unit of a force to which such person belongs or is attached;(5) “corps” means any separate body of the Bangladesh Army or of any force which is prescribed as a corps for the purposes of all or any of the provisions of this Act;(6) “court martial” means a court martial held under this Act;(7) “criminal court” means a court of ordinary criminal justice in Bangladesh, or established elsewhere by the authority of the Government;(8) “enemy” includes all armed mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters, pirates and any person in arms against whom it is the duty of any person subject to this Act to act;(9) “junior commissioned officer” means a person commissioned, gazetted or in pay as a junior commissioned officer in the Bangladesh Army; ¹[(9a) “military custody” means the arrest or confinement of a person according to the usage of the service and includes naval or Air force custody;(9b) “military reward” includes any gratuity or annuity for long service or good conduct, any good service pay or pension, and any other military pecuniary award;](10) “non-commissioned officer” means a person attested under this Act who holds a non-commissioned rank in the Bangladesh Army and includes an active non-commissioned officer;(11) “offence” means any act or omission punishable under this Act and includes a civil offence as hereinbefore defined;(12) “officer” means a person commissioned, gazetted or in pay as an officer of the Bangladesh Army and includes:-(i) an officer who being a citizen of Bangladesh holds a commission in Her Majesty's Land Forces, but does not include a junior commissioned officer; and(ii) in relation to a person subject to this Act when serving under such conditions as may be prescribed, an officer of the Bangladesh Navy and an officer of the Bangladesh Air Force;(13) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;(14) “service”, when used in relation to an institution, necessaries, books, band, mess, money, goods or other property means an institution, necessaries, books, band, mess, money, goods or other property belonging to, or connected with, the Bangladesh Army or any unit or part thereof;(15) “superior officer”, when used in relation to a person subject to this Act, includes ²[a junior commissioned officer] or a non-commissioned officer; and, as regards persons placed under his orders, an officer, warrant officer, petty officer or non-commissioned officer of the Bangladesh Navy or Air Force; ³[* * *](17) all words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the ⁴[Penal Code] shall be deemed to have the meanings assigned to them in that Code.