LawgistThe Armed Forces Tribunal Act
8Term of office
The Chairperson or a Member shall hold office for a term of four years from the date on which he enters upon his office and shall be eligible for re-appointment:
Provided that no Chairperson shall hold office as such after he has attained,--
(a) in case he has been a Judge of the Supreme Court, the age of seventy years; and
(b) in case he has been the Chief Justice of a High Court, the age of sixty-five years:
Provided further that no other Member shall hold office as such Member after he has attained the age of sixty-five years.
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All sections
- 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
