• CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

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     Tenure of service under the Act
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     Termination of service by Central Government
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     Dismissal, removal or reduction by the Chief of the Army Staff and by other officers
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     Power to modify certain fundamental rights in their application to persons subject to this Act
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     Retirement, release or discharge
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     Certificate on termination of service
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     Discharge or dismissal when out of India
  • SERVICE PRIVILEGES

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     Authorised deductions only to be made from pay
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     Remedy of aggrieved persons other than officers
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     Remedy of aggrieved officers
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     Immunity from attachment
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     Immunity from arrest for debt
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     Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest
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     Privileges of reservists
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     Priority in respect of army personnel‟s litigation
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     Saving of rights and privileges under other laws
  • OFFENCES

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     Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death
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     Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death
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     Offences punishable more severely on active service than at other times
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     Mutiny
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     Desertion and aiding desertion
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     Absence without leave
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     Striking or threatening superior officers
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     Disobedience to superior officer
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     Insubordination and obstruction
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     Fraudulent enrolment
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     False answers on enrolment
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     Unbecoming conduct
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     Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
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     Ill-treating a subordinate
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     Intoxication
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     Permitting escape of person in custody
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     Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
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     Escape from custody
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     Offences in respect of property
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     Extortion and corruption
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     Making away with equipment
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     Injury to property
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     False accusations
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     Falsifying official documents and false declaration
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     Signing in blank and failure to report
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     Offences relating to courts-martial
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     False evidence
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     Unlawful detention of pay
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     Offences in relation to aircraft and flying
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     Violation of good order and discipline
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     Miscellaneous offences
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     Attempt
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     Abetment of offences that have been committed
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     Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed
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     Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
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     Civil offences
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     Civil offence not triable by court-martial
  • PUNISHMENTS

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     Punishments awardable by courts-martial
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     Alternative punishments awardable by court-martial
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     Combination of punishments
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     Cashiering of officers
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     [Omitted.]
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     [Omitted.]
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     Result of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer
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     Retention in the ranks of a person convicted on active service
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     Punishments otherwise than by court-martial
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     Punishment of persons other than officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers
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     Limit of punishments under section 80
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     Punishments in addition to those specified in section 80
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     Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by brigade commanders and others
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     Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by area commanders and others
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     Punishment of junior commissioned officers
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     Transmission of proceedings
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     Review of proceedings
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     Superior military authority
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     Collective fines
  • PENAL DEDUCTIONS

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     Deductions from pay and allowances of officers
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     Deductions from pay and allowances of persons other than officers
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     Computation of time of absence or custody
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     Pay and allowances during trial
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     Limit of certain deductions
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     Deduction from public money due to a person
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     Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct
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     Remission of deductions
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     Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from remitted deductions
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     Provision for dependants of prisoner war from his pay and allowances
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     Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war
  • ARREST AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

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     Custody of offenders
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     Duty of commanding officer in regard to detention
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     Interval between committal and court-martial
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     Arrest by civil authorities
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     Capture of deserters
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     Inquiry into absence without leave
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     Provost-marshals
  • COURTS-MARTIAL

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     Kinds of courts-martial
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     Power to convene a general court-martial
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     Power to convene a district court-martial
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     Contents of warrants issued under sections 109 and 110
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     Power to convene a summary general court-martial
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     Composition of general court-martial
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     Composition of district court-martial
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     Composition of summary general court-martial
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     Summary court-martial
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     Dissolution of courts-martial
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     Powers of general and summary general courts-martial
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     Powers of district courts-martial
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     Powers of summary courts-martial
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     Prohibition of second trial
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     Period of limitation for trial
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     Liability of offender who ceases to be subject to Act
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     Place of trial
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     Choice between criminal court and court-martial
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     Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender
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     [Omitted.]
  • PROCEDURE OF COURTS-MARTIAL

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     Presiding officer
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     Judge advocate
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     Challenges
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     Oaths of member, judge advocate and witness
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     Voting by members
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     General rule as to evidence
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     Judicial notice
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     Summoning witnesses
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     Documents exempted from production
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     Commissions for examination of witnesses
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     Examination of a witness on commission
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     Conviction of offence not charged
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     Presumption as to signatures
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     Enrolment paper
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     Presumption as to certain documents
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     Reference by accused to Government officer
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     Evidence of previous convictions and general character
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     Lunacy of accused
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     Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
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     Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 146
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     Release of lunatic accused
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     Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
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     Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
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     Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
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     Powers of court-martial in relation to proceedings under this Act
  • CONFIRMATION AND REVISION

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     Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed
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     Power to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial
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     Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial
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     Limitation of powers of confirming authority
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     Power to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court-martial
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     Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
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     Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship
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     Revision of finding or sentence
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     Finding and sentence of a summary court-martial
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     Transmission of proceedings of summary court-martial
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     Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases
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     Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial
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     Annulment of proceedings
  • EXECUTION OF SENTENCES

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     Form of sentence of death
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     Commencement of sentence of transportation or imprisonment
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     Execution of sentence of transportation
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     Execution of sentence of imprisonment
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     Period of custody undergone by the officer or person to be set off against the imprisonment
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     Temporary custody of offender
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     Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases
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     Conveyance of prisoner from place to place
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     Communication of certain orders to prison officers
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     Execution of sentence of fine
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     Establishment and regulation of military prisons
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     Informality or error in the order or warrant
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     Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners
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     Restriction of rulemaking power in regard to corporal punishment
  • PARDONS, REMISSIONS AND SUSPENSIONS

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     Pardon and remission
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     Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission
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     Reduction of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer
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     Suspension of sentence of transportation or imprisonment
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     Orders pending suspension
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     Release on suspension
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     Computation of period of suspension
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     Order after suspension
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     Reconsideration of case after suspension
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     Fresh sentences after suspension
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     Scope of power of suspension
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     Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal
  • RULES

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     Power to make rules
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     Power to make regulations
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     Publication of rules and regulations in Gazette
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     Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
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     [Repealed.]
  • 195
     [Omitted.]
  • 196
     [Omitted.]