A bill to repeal the Chief of Defense Staff Act has been published through an extraordinary gazette notification.
The relevant bill, prepared on the instructions of the Minister of Defense, was published in the Government Gazette on May 15.The draft legislation has been prepared to repeal the Chief of Defense Staff Act No. 35 of 2009 and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The bill, titled the Chief of Defense Staff (Repeal) Act, 2026, will abolish the post of Chief of Defense Staff.According to the draft bill, the office of the Chief of Defense Staff will cease from the date the Act comes into operation, and the person holding the post will be attached to the respective service of the armed forces to which they belong.The draft bill further states that, upon the implementation of the Act, all movable and immovable property belonging to the Office of the Chief of Defense Staff must be vested in the Ministry assigned with the subject of defense
