Lawgist6Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson and other Members
(1) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Chairperson unless he is a retired Judge of the Supreme Court or a retired Chief Justice of a High Court.
(2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Judicial Member unless he is or has been a Judge of a High Court.
(3) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as an Administrative Member unless--
(a) he has held or has been holding the rank of Major General or above for a total period of at least three years in the Army or equivalent rank in the Navy or the Air Force; and
(b) he has served for not less than one year as Judge Advocate General in the Army or the Navy or the Air Force, and is not below the rank of Major General, Commodore and Air Commodore respectively.
Explanation.--When a serving person is appointed as an Administrative Member, he shall have retired from service prior to assuming such appointment.
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- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Applicability of the Act
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Establishment of Armed Forces Tribunal
- 5 Composition of Tribunal and Benches thereof
- 6 Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson and other Members
- 7 Appointment of Chairperson and other Members
- 8 Term of office
- 9 Resignation and removal
- 9A Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and Membe
- 10 Salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other Members
- 11 Prohibitions as to holding of offices, etc., by Chairperson or Member on ceasing to be such Chairperson or Member
- 12 Financial and administrative powers of Chairperson
- 13 Staff of the Tribunal
- 14 Jurisdiction, powers and authority in service matters
- 15 Jurisdiction, powers and authority in matters of appeal against court martial
- 16 Re-trial
- 17 Powers of the Tribunal on appeal under section 15
- 18 Cost
- 19 Power to punish for contempt
- 20 Distribution of business among the Benches
- 21 Application not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted
- 22 Limitation
- 23 Procedure and powers of the Tribunal
- 24 Term of sentence and its effect on appeal
- 25 Right of applicant or of appellant to take assistance of a legal practitioner and of Government, etc., to appoint counsel
- 26 Condition as to making of interim order
- 27 Power of Chairperson to transfer cases from one Bench to another
- 28 Decision to be by majority
- 29 Execution of order of Tribunal
- 30 Appeal to Supreme Court
- 31 Leave to appeal
- 32 Condonation
- 33 Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts
- 34 Transfer of pending cases
- 35 Provision for filing of certain appeals
- 36 Proceedings before Tribunal to be judicial proceedings
- 37 Members and staff of Tribunal to be public servants
- 38 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 39 Act to have overriding effect
- 40 Power to remove difficulties
- 41 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 42 Power to make rules retrospectively
- 43 Laying of rules
