The Army Act `1950
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Government of the regular Army.
List of Chapters & Sections
PRELIMINARY
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF ACT IN CERTAIN CASES
COMMISSION, APPOINTMENT AND ENROLMENT
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
- 18Tenure of service under the Act
- 19Termination of service by Central Government
- 20Dismissal, removal or reduction by the Chief of the Army Staff and by other officers
- 21Power to modify certain fundamental rights in their application to persons subject to this Act
- 22Retirement, release or discharge
- 23Certificate on termination of service
- 24Discharge or dismissal when out of India
SERVICE PRIVILEGES
- 25Authorised deductions only to be made from pay
- 26Remedy of aggrieved persons other than officers
- 27Remedy of aggrieved officers
- 28Immunity from attachment
- 29Immunity from arrest for debt
- 30Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest
- 31Privileges of reservists
- 32Priority in respect of army personnel‟s litigation
- 33Saving of rights and privileges under other laws
OFFENCES
- 34Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death
- 35Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death
- 36Offences punishable more severely on active service than at other times
- 37Mutiny
- 38Desertion and aiding desertion
- 39Absence without leave
- 40Striking or threatening superior officers
- 41Disobedience to superior officer
- 42Insubordination and obstruction
- 43Fraudulent enrolment
- 44False answers on enrolment
- 45Unbecoming conduct
- 46Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
- 47Ill-treating a subordinate
- 48Intoxication
- 49Permitting escape of person in custody
- 50Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
- 51Escape from custody
- 52Offences in respect of property
- 53Extortion and corruption
- 54Making away with equipment
- 55Injury to property
- 56False accusations
- 57Falsifying official documents and false declaration
- 58Signing in blank and failure to report
- 59Offences relating to courts-martial
- 60False evidence
- 61Unlawful detention of pay
- 62Offences in relation to aircraft and flying
- 63Violation of good order and discipline
- 64Miscellaneous offences
- 65Attempt
- 66Abetment of offences that have been committed
- 67Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed
- 68Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
- 69Civil offences
- 70Civil offence not triable by court-martial
PUNISHMENTS
- 71Punishments awardable by courts-martial
- 72Alternative punishments awardable by court-martial
- 73Combination of punishments
- 74Cashiering of officers
- 75[Omitted.]
- 76[Omitted.]
- 77Result of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer
- 78Retention in the ranks of a person convicted on active service
- 79Punishments otherwise than by court-martial
- 80Punishment of persons other than officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers
- 81Limit of punishments under section 80
- 82Punishments in addition to those specified in section 80
- 83Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by brigade commanders and others
- 84Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by area commanders and others
- 85Punishment of junior commissioned officers
- 86Transmission of proceedings
- 87Review of proceedings
- 88Superior military authority
- 89Collective fines
PENAL DEDUCTIONS
- 90Deductions from pay and allowances of officers
- 91Deductions from pay and allowances of persons other than officers
- 92Computation of time of absence or custody
- 93Pay and allowances during trial
- 94Limit of certain deductions
- 95Deduction from public money due to a person
- 96Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct
- 97Remission of deductions
- 98Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from remitted deductions
- 99Provision for dependants of prisoner war from his pay and allowances
- 100Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war
ARREST AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
COURTS-MARTIAL
- 108Kinds of courts-martial
- 109Power to convene a general court-martial
- 110Power to convene a district court-martial
- 111Contents of warrants issued under sections 109 and 110
- 112Power to convene a summary general court-martial
- 113Composition of general court-martial
- 114Composition of district court-martial
- 115Composition of summary general court-martial
- 116Summary court-martial
- 117Dissolution of courts-martial
- 118Powers of general and summary general courts-martial
- 119Powers of district courts-martial
- 120Powers of summary courts-martial
- 121Prohibition of second trial
- 122Period of limitation for trial
- 123Liability of offender who ceases to be subject to Act
- 124Place of trial
- 125Choice between criminal court and court-martial
- 126Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender
- 127[Omitted.]
PROCEDURE OF COURTS-MARTIAL
- 128Presiding officer
- 129Judge advocate
- 130Challenges
- 131Oaths of member, judge advocate and witness
- 132Voting by members
- 133General rule as to evidence
- 134Judicial notice
- 135Summoning witnesses
- 136Documents exempted from production
- 137Commissions for examination of witnesses
- 138Examination of a witness on commission
- 139Conviction of offence not charged
- 140Presumption as to signatures
- 141Enrolment paper
- 142Presumption as to certain documents
- 143Reference by accused to Government officer
- 144Evidence of previous convictions and general character
- 145Lunacy of accused
- 146Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
- 147Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 146
- 148Release of lunatic accused
- 149Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
- 150Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
- 151Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
- 152Powers of court-martial in relation to proceedings under this Act
CONFIRMATION AND REVISION
- 153Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed
- 154Power to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial
- 155Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial
- 156Limitation of powers of confirming authority
- 157Power to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court-martial
- 158Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
- 159Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship
- 160Revision of finding or sentence
- 161Finding and sentence of a summary court-martial
- 162Transmission of proceedings of summary court-martial
- 163Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases
- 164Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial
- 165Annulment of proceedings
EXECUTION OF SENTENCES
- 166Form of sentence of death
- 167Commencement of sentence of transportation or imprisonment
- 168Execution of sentence of transportation
- 169Execution of sentence of imprisonment
- 169APeriod of custody undergone by the officer or person to be set off against the imprisonment
- 170Temporary custody of offender
- 171Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases
- 172Conveyance of prisoner from place to place
- 173Communication of certain orders to prison officers
- 174Execution of sentence of fine
- 175Establishment and regulation of military prisons
- 176Informality or error in the order or warrant
- 177Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners
- 178Restriction of rulemaking power in regard to corporal punishment
PARDONS, REMISSIONS AND SUSPENSIONS
- 179Pardon and remission
- 180Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission
- 181Reduction of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer
- 182Suspension of sentence of transportation or imprisonment
- 183Orders pending suspension
- 184Release on suspension
- 185Computation of period of suspension
- 186Order after suspension
- 187Reconsideration of case after suspension
- 188Fresh sentences after suspension
- 189Scope of power of suspension
- 190Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal
RULES