| SECTIONS | Air Force Act, 1950 |
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| | Preamble |
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| | CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY |
| 1. | Short title, extent and commencement |
| 2. | Persons subject to this Act |
| 3. | Termination of application of the Act |
| 4. | Definitions |
| | CHAPTER II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICATION
OF ACT IN CERTAIN CASES
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| 5. | Application of Act to certain forces under the Central Government |
| 6. | Special provision as to rank in certain cases |
| 7. | Commanding officer of persons subject to air force law under clause (d) of section 2 |
| 8. | Officer exercising powers in certain cases |
| 9. | Power to declare persons to be on active service |
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| | CHAPTER III: COMMISSION, APPOINTMENT AND ENROLMENT |
| 10. | Commission and appointment |
| 11. | Ineligibility of aliens for enrolment |
| 12. | Ineligibility of females for enrolment or employment |
| 13. | Procedure before enrolling officer |
| 14. | Mode of enrolment |
| 15. | Validity of enrolment |
| 16. | Persons to be attested |
| 17. | Mode of attestation |
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| | CHAPTER IV: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE |
| 18. | Tenure of service under the Act |
| 19. | Termination of service by Central Government |
| 20. | Dismissal, removal or reduction by Chief of the Air Staff and other officers |
| 21. | Power to modify certain fundamental rights in their application to persons subject to this Act |
| 22. | Retirement, release or discharge |
| 23. | Certificate on termination of service |
| 24. | Discharge or dismissal when. out of India |
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| | CHAPTER V: SERVICE PRIVILEGES |
| 25. | Authorised deductions only to be made from pay |
| 26. | Remedy of aggrieved airman |
| 27. | Remedy of aggrieved officers |
| 28. | Immunity from attachment |
| 29. | Immunity from arrest for debt |
| 30. | Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest |
| 31. | Privileges or reservists |
| 32. | Priority in respect of Air Force personnel's litigation |
| 33. | Saving of rights and privileges under other laws |
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| | CHAPTER VI: OFFENCES |
| 34. | Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death |
| 35. | Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death |
| 36. | Offences punishable more severely on active service than at other times |
| 37. | Mutiny |
| 38. | Desertion and aiding desertion |
| 39. | Absence without leave |
| 40. | Striking or threatening superior officer |
| 41. | Disobedience to superior officer |
| 42. | Insubordination and obstruction |
| 43. | Fraudulent enrolment |
| 44. | False answers on enrolment |
| 45. | Unbecoming conduct |
| 46. | Certain forms of disgraceful conduct |
| 47. | III-treating a subordinate |
| 48. | Intoxication |
| 49. | Permitting escape of person in custody |
| 50. | Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement |
| 51. | Escape from custody |
| 52. | Offences in respect of property |
| 53. | Extortion and corruption |
| 54. | Making away with equipment |
| 55. | Inquiry to property |
| 56. | False accusation |
| 57. | Falsifying official documents and false declaration |
| 58. | Signing in blank and failure to report |
| 59. | Offences relating to court-martial |
| 60. | False evidence |
| 61. | Unlawful detention of pay |
| 62. | Offences in relation to aircraft and flying |
| 63. | Other offences relating to aircraft and flying |
| 64. | Disobedience of lawful command of captain of aircraft |
| 65. | Violation of good order and air force discipline |
| 66. | Miscellaneous offences |
| 67. | Attempt |
| 68. | Abetment of offences that have been committed |
| 69. | Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed |
| 70. | Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed |
| 71. | Civil offences |
| 72. | Civil offences not triable by court-martial |
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| | CHAPTER VII: PUNISHMENTS |
| 73. | Punishments awardable by courts-martial |
| 74. | Alternative punishment awardable by court-martial |
| 75. | Combination of punishments |
| 76. | Cashiering of officers |
| 77. | Field punishment |
| 78. | Position of field punishment in scale of punishments |
| 79. | Result of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer or a non-commissioned officer |
| 80. | Retention in the ranks of a person convicted on active service |
| 81. | Punishments otherwise than by court-martial |
| 82. | Punishment of persons other than officers and warrant officers |
| 83. | Requirement of sanction in certain cases |
| 84. | Limit of punishments under section 82 |
| 85. | Punishments in addition to those specified in section 82 |
| 86. | Punishment of officers and warrant officers |
| 87. | Transmission of proceedings |
| 88. | Review of proceedings |
| 89. | Superior Air Force authority |
| 90. | Collective fines |
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| | CHAPTER VIII: PENAL DEDUCTIONS |
| 91. | Deduction from pay and allowances of officers |
| 92. | Deductions from pay and allowances of airmen |
| 93. | Computation of time of absence or custody |
| 94. | Pay and allowances during trial |
| 95. | Limit of certain deductions |
| 96. | Deduction from public money due to a person |
| 97. | Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct |
| 98. | Remission of deductions |
| 99. | Provision for dependents of prisoner of war from remitted deductions |
| 100. | Provision for dependents of prisoner of war from his pay and allowances |
| 101. | Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war |
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| | CHAPTER IX: ARREST AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL |
| 102. | Custody of offenders |
| 103. | Duty of commanding officer in regard to detention |
| 104. | Interval between commital and court-martial |
| 105. | Arrest by civil authorities |
| 106. | Capture of deserters |
| 107. | Inquiry into absence without leave |
| 108. | Provost-marshals |
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| | CHAPTER X: COURTS-MARTIAL |
| 109. | Different kinds of courts-martial |
| 110. | Power to convene a general court-martial |
| 111. | Power to convene a district court-martial |
| 112. | Contents of warrants issued under sections 110 and 111 |
| 113. | Power to convene a summary general court-martial |
| 114. | Composition of general court-martial |
| 115. | Composition of district court-martial |
| 116. | Composition of summary general court-martial |
| 117. | Dissolution of court-martial |
| 118. | Powers of general and summary general courts-martial |
| 119. | Powers of district court-martial |
| 120. | Prohibition on second trialS |
| 121. | Period of limitation for trial |
| 122. | Liability of off6der who ceases to be subject to Act |
| 123. | Place of trial |
| 124. | Choice between criminal court and court-martial |
| 125. | Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender |
| 126. | Successive trials by a criminal court and a court-martial |
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| | CHAPTER XI: PROCEDURE OF COURTS-MARTIAL |
| 127. | Presiding officer |
| 128. | Judge advocate |
| 129. | Challenges |
| 130. | Oaths of member, Judge advocate and witness |
| 131. | Voting by members |
| 132. | General rule as to evidence |
| 133. | Judicial notice |
| 134. | Summoning witnesses |
| 135. | Documents exempted from production |
| 136. | Commissions for examination of witnesses |
| 137. | Examination of a witness on commission |
| 138. | Conviction of offence not charged |
| 139. | Presumption as to signatures |
| 140. | Enrolment paper |
| 141. | Presumption as to certain documents |
| 142. | Reference by accused to Government officer |
| 143. | Evidence of previous convictions and general character |
| 144. | Lunacy of accused |
| 145. | Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial |
| 146. | Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 145 |
| 147. | Release of lunatic accused |
| 148. | Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives |
| 149. | Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial |
| 150. | Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed |
| 151. | Powers of courts-martial when certain offences are committed by persons not subject to this Act |
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| | CHAPTER XII: CONFIRMATION AND REVISION |
| 152. | Finding and sentence not valid unless confirmed |
| 153. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial |
| 154. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial |
| 155. | Limitation of powers of confirming authority |
| 156. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court-martial |
| 157. | Powers of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences |
| 158. | Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship |
| 159. | Revision of finding or sentence |
| 160. | Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases |
| 161. | Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial |
| 162. | Annulment of proceedings |
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| | CHAPTER XIII: EXECUTION OF SENTENCES |
| 163. | Form of sentence of death |
| 164. | Commencement of sentence of transportation or imprisonment |
| 165. | Execution of sentence of transportation |
| 166. | Execution of sentence of imprisonment |
| 167. | Temporary custody of offender |
| 168. | Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases |
| 169. | Conveyance of prison from place to place |
| 170. | Execution of sentence of detention |
| 171. | Communication of certain order to prison officers |
| 172. | Execution of sentence of fine |
| 173. | Establishment and regulation of air force prisons |
| 174. | Informality or error in the order or warrants |
| 175. | Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners |
| 176. | Restriction of rule-making power in respect to corporal punishment |
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| | CHAPTER XIV: PARDONS, REMISSIONS AND SUSPENSIONS |
| 177. | Pardon and remission |
| 178. | Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission |
| 179. | Reduction of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer |
| 180. | Suspension of sentence of transportation, imprisonment or detention |
| 181. | Orders pending suspension |
| 182. | Release on Suspension |
| 183. | Computation of period of suspension |
| 184. | Order after suspension |
| 185. | Reconsideration of case after Suspension |
| 186. | Fresh sentence after suspension |
| 187. | Scope of power of suspension |
| 188. | Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal |
| 189. | Power to make rules |
| 190. | Powers to make regulations |
| 191. | Publication of rules and regulations in Gazette |
| 191-A. | Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament |
| 192. | Repeal |
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| | CHAPTER XVI: TRANSITORY PROVISIONS |
| 193. | Definition of "British officer" |
| 194. | Power of British officer |
