SECTIONS | Army Act 1950 |
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| Preamble |
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| CHAPTER-I: Preliminary |
1. | Short title and commencement |
2. | Persons subject to this Act |
3. | Definitions |
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| CHAPTER II: Special Provisions for the Application of Act in Certain Cases
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4. | Application of Act to certain forces under Central Government |
5. | Application of Act to forces of Part B States |
6. | Special provision as to rank in certain cases |
7. | Commanding officer of persons subject to military law under Cl. (i) of Sec. 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 the Chief of the Army Staff and by 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 |
| CHAPTER V: Service Privileges |
25. | Authorised deductions only to be made from pay |
26. | Remedy of aggrieved persons other than officers |
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 of reservists |
32. | Priority in respect of army personnel's litigation |
33. | Saving of rights and privileges under 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 officers |
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. | Injury to property |
56. | False accusations |
57. | Falsifying official documents and false declaration |
58. | Signing in blank and failure to report |
59. | Offences relating to courts-martial |
60. | False evidence |
61. | Unlawful detention of pay |
62. | Offences in relation to aircraft and flying |
63. | Violation of good order and discipline |
64. | Miscellaneous offences |
65. | Attempt |
66. | Abetment of offences that have been committed |
67. | Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed |
68. | Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed |
69. | Civil offences |
70. | Civil offences not triable by court-martial |
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| CHAPTER VII: Punishments |
71. | Punishments awardable by courts-martial |
72. | Alternative punishments awardable by court-martial |
73. | Combination of punishments |
74. | Cashiering of officers |
75. | [Omitted] |
76. | [Omitted] |
77. | Result of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer |
78. | Retention in the ranks of a person convicted on active service |
79. | Punishments otherwise than by court-martial |
80. | Punishment of persons other than officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers |
81. | Limit of punishments under Sec. 80 |
82. | Punishments in addition to those specified in Sec. 80 |
83. | Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by brigade commanders and others |
84. | Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by area commanders and-others |
85. | Punishment of junior commissioned officers |
86. | Transmission of proceedings |
87. | Review of proceedings |
88. | Superior military authority |
89. | Collective fines |
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| CHAPTER VIII: Penal Deductions |
90. | Deductions from pay and allowances of officers |
91. | Deductions from pay and allowances of persons other than officers |
92. | Computation of time of absence or custody |
93. | Pay and allowances during trial |
94. | Limit of certain deductions |
95. | Deduction from public money due to a person |
96. | Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct |
97. | Remission of deductions |
98. | Provision for dependents of prisoner of war from remitted deductions |
99. | Provision for dependents of prisoner of war from his pay and allowances |
100. | Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war |
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| CHAPTER IX: Arrest and Proceedings before Trial |
101. | Custody of offenders |
102. | Duty of commanding officer in regard to detention |
103. | Interval between committal and court-martial |
104. | Arrest by civil authorities |
105. | Capture of deserters |
106. | Inquiry into absence without leave |
107. | Provost-marshals |
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| CHAPTER X: Courts-Martial |
108. | Kinds of courts-martial |
109. | Power to convene a general court-martial |
110. | Power to convene a district court-martial |
111. | Contents of warrants issued under Sees. 109 and 110 |
112. | Power to convene a summary general court-martial |
113. | Composition of general court-martial |
114. | Composition of district court-martial |
115. | Composition of summary general court-martial |
116. | Summary court-martial |
117. | Dissolution of courts-martial |
118. | Powers of general and summary general courts-martial |
119. | Powers of district courts-martial |
120. | Powers of summary courts-martial |
121. | Prohibition of second trial |
122. | Period of limitation for trial |
123. | Liability of offender who ceases to be subject to Act |
124. | Place of trial |
125. | Choice between criminal court and court-martial |
126. | Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender |
127. | [Omitted] |
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| CHAPTER XI: Procedure of Courts-Martial |
128. | Presiding officer |
129. | Judge-advocate |
130. | Challenges |
131. | Oaths of member, judge-advocate and witness |
132. | Voting by members |
133. | General rule as to evidence |
134. | Judicial notice |
135. | Summoning witnesses |
136. | Documents exempted from production |
137. | Commissions for examination of witnesses |
138. | Examination of a witness on commission |
139. | Conviction of offence riot charged |
140. | Presumption as to signatures |
141. | Enrolment paper |
142. | Presumption as to certain documents |
143. | Reference by accused to Government officer |
144. | Evidence of previous convictions and general character |
145. | Lunacy of accused |
146. | Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial |
147. | Transmission to Central Government of orders under Sec. 146 |
148. | Release of lunatic accused |
149. | Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives |
150. | Order for custody and disposal of' property pending trial |
151. | Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed |
152. | Powers of court-martial in relation to proceedings under this Act |
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| CHAPTER XII: Confirmation and Revision |
153. | Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed |
154. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial |
155. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial |
156. | Limitation of powers of confirming authority |
157. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court- martial |
158. | Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences |
159. | Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship |
160. | Revision of finding or sentence |
161. | Finding and sentence of a summary court-martial |
162. | Transmission of proceedings of summary courts-martial |
163. | Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases |
164. | Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial |
165. | Annulment of proceedings |
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| CHAPTER XIII: Execution of Sentences |
166. | Form of sentence of death |
167. | Commencement of sentence of transportation or imprisonment |
168. | Execution of sentence of transportation |
169 | Execution of sentence of imprisonment |
169-A. | Period of custody undergone by officer or person to be set off against the imprisonment |
170. | Temporary custody of offender |
171. | Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases |
172. | Conveyance of prisoner from place to place |
173. | Communication of certain orders to prison officers |
174. | Execution of sentence of fine |
175. | Establishment and regulation of military prisons |
176. | Informality or error in the order or warrant |
177. | Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners |
178. | Restriction of rule-making power in regard to corporal punishment |
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| CHAPTER XIV: Pardons, Remissions and Suspensions |
179. | Pardon and remission |
180. | Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission |
181. | Reduction of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer |
182. | Suspension of sentence of transportation or imprisonment |
183. | Orders pending suspension |
184. | Release on suspension |
185. | Computation of period of suspension |
186. | Order after suspension |
187. | Reconsideration of case after suspension |
188. | Fresh sentence after suspension |
189. | Scope of power of suspension |
190. | Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal |
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| CHAPTER XV: Rules |
191. | Power to make rules |
192. | Power to make regulations |
193. | Publication of rules and regulations in Gazette |
193-A. | Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament |
194. | [Repeals] |
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| CHAPTER XVI |
195. | [Omitted] |
196. | [Omitted] |
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| The Schedule |