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The Assam Rifles Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the governance of the Assam Rifles, an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India, to carry out Counter Insurgency Operations in the specified areas and to act in aid of civil authorities for the maintenance of the law and order and for matters connected therewith.
2006
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. PRELIMINARY

  2. 1
     Short title and commencement
  3. 2
     Definitions
  4. 3
     Persons subject to this Act

  • CONSTITUTION OF THE FORCE AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FORCE

  • 4
     Constitution of Force
  • 5
     Control, direction, etc
  • 6
     Enrolment
  • 7
     Liability for service outside India
  • 8
     Resignation and withdrawal from the post
  • 9
     Tenure of service under the Act
  • 10
     Termination of service by Central Government
  • 11
     Dismissal, removal or reduction by Director-General and by other officers
  • 12
     Certificate of termination of service
  • 13
     Restrictions on right to form association, freedom of speech, etc

  • SERVICE PRIVILEGES

  • 14
     Authorised deduction only to be made from pay
  • 15
     Remedy of aggrieved persons other than officers
  • 16
     Remedy of aggrieved officers
  • 17
     Immunity from attachment
  • 18
     Immunity from arrest for debt
  • 19
     Immunity of persons attending Assam Rifles Court from arrest
  • 20
     Saving of rights and privileges under other laws

  • OFFENCES

  • 21
     Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death
  • 22
     Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death
  • 23
     Offences punishable more severely on active duty than at other times
  • 24
     Mutiny
  • 25
     Desertion and aiding desertion
  • 26
     Absence without leave
  • 27
     Striking or threatening superior officers
  • 28
     Disobedience to superior officer
  • 29
     Insubordination and obstruction
  • 30
     Fraudulent enrolment
  • 31
     False answers on enrolment
  • 32
     Unbecoming conduct
  • 33
     Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
  • 34
     Ill-treating a subordinate
  • 35
     Intoxication
  • 36
     Permitting escape of person in custody
  • 37
     Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
  • 38
     Escape from custody
  • 39
     Offences in respect of property
  • 40
     Extortion and corruption
  • 41
     Making away with equipment
  • 42
     Injury to property
  • 43
     False accusations
  • 44
     Falsifying official document and false declarations
  • 45
     Signing in blank and failure to report
  • 46
     Offences relating to Assam Rifles Court
  • 47
     False evidence
  • 48
     Unlawful detention of pay
  • 49
     Violation of good order and discipline
  • 50
     Miscellaneous offences
  • 51
     Attempt
  • 52
     Abetment of offences that have been committed
  • 53
     Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed
  • 54
     Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
  • 55
     Civil offences
  • 56
     Civil offences not triable by an Assam Rifles Court

  • PUNISHMENTS

  • 57
     Punishment awardable by Assam Rifles Courts
  • 58
     Alternative punishments awardable by Assam Rifles Courts
  • 59
     Combination of punishments
  • 60
     Retention in the Force of a person convicted on active duty
  • 61
     Punishments otherwise than by Assam Rifles Courts
  • 62
     Minor punishments
  • 63
     Limit of punishments under section 62
  • 64
     Punishment of officers below the rank of Deputy Commandant, subordinate officers and Warrant Officer by Deputy Inspectors-General and others
  • 65
     Punishment of officers below the rank of a Commandant, subordinate officers and Warrant Officer by the Inspectors-General and others
  • 66
     Punishment or subordinate officers and Warrant Officer by Commandant, etc
  • 67
     Collective fines

  • PENAL DEDUCTIONS

  • 68
     Deductions from pay and allowances of officers
  • 69
     Deductions from pay and allowances of persons other than officers
  • 70
     Computation of time of absence or custody
  • 71
     Pay and allowances during trial
  • 72
     Limit of certain deductions
  • 73
     Deduction from public money due to a person
  • 74
     Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct
  • 75
     Remission of deductions
  • 76
     Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from remitted deductions
  • 77
     Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from his pay and allowances
  • 78
     Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war

  • ARREST AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

  • 79
     Custody of offenders
  • 80
     Duty of Commandant in regard to detention
  • 81
     Interval between committal and trial
  • 82
     Arrest by civil authorities
  • 83
     Capture of deserters
  • 84
     Inquiry into absence without leave
  • 85
     Force Police Officers

  • ASSAM RIFLES COURTS

  • 86
     Kinds of Assam Rifles Courts
  • 87
     Power to convene a General Assam Rifles Court
  • 88
     Power to convene a Petty Assam Rifles Court
  • 89
     Contents of warrants issued under sections 87 and 88
  • 90
     Composition of General Assam Rifles Court
  • 91
     Composition of a Petty Assam Rifles Court
  • 92
     Summary Assam Rifles Court
  • 93
     Dissolution of an Assam Rifles Court
  • 94
     Power of General Assam Rifles Court
  • 95
     Power of a Petty Assam Rifles Court
  • 96
     Power of a Summary Assam Rifles Court
  • 97
     Prohibition of second trial
  • 98
     Period of limitation for trial
  • 99
     Trial, etc., of offender who ceases to be subject to this Act
  • 100
     Application of this Act during term of sentence
  • 101
     Place of trial
  • 102
     Choice between criminal court and Assam Rifles Court
  • 103
     Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender

  • PROCEDURE OF ASSAM RIFLES COURTS

  • 104
     Presiding officer
  • 105
     Law Officer
  • 106
     Challenges
  • 107
     Oath of member, Law Officer and witness
  • 108
     Voting by members
  • 109
     General rule as to evidence
  • 110
     Judicial notice
  • 111
     Summoning of witness
  • 112
     Documents exempted from production
  • 113
     Commission for examination of witness
  • 114
     Examination of witness on commission
  • 115
     Conviction of offences not charged
  • 116
     Presumption as to signatures
  • 117
     Enrolment paper
  • 118
     Presumption as to certain documents
  • 119
     Reference by accused to Government officer
  • 120
     Evidence of previous convictions and general character
  • 121
     Lunacy of accused
  • 122
     Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
  • 123
     Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 122
  • 124
     Release of lunatic accused
  • 125
     Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
  • 126
     Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
  • 127
     Order of disposal of property regarding which offences is committed
  • 128
     Powers of Assam Rifles Court in relation to proceedings under this Act

  • CONFIRMATION AND REVISION

  • 129
     Finding and sentence not valid unless confirmed
  • 130
     Power to confirm finding and sentence of General Assam Rifles Court
  • 131
     Power to confirm finding and sentence of Petty Assam Rifles Court
  • 132
     Limitation of powers of confirming authority
  • 133
     Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
  • 134
     Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship
  • 135
     Revision of finding or sentence
  • 136
     Finding and sentence of a Summary Assam Rifles Court
  • 137
     Transmission of proceedings of Summary Assam Rifles Court
  • 138
     Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases
  • 139
     Remedy against order, finding or sentence of Assam Rifles Court
  • 140
     Annulment of proceedings

  • EXECUTION OF SENTENCE, PARDON, REMISSION, ETC.

  • 141
     Form of sentence of death
  • 142
     Commencement of sentence of imprisonment
  • 143
     Execution of sentence of imprisonment
  • 144
     Temporary custody of offender
  • 145
     Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases
  • 146
     Conveyance of prisoner form place to place
  • 147
     Communication of certain orders to prison officers
  • 148
     Execution of sentence of fine
  • 149
     Informality or error in order or warrant
  • 150
     Pardon and remission
  • 151
     Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission
  • 152
     Suspension of sentence of imprisonment
  • 153
     Orders pending suspension
  • 154
     Release on suspension
  • 155
     Computation of period of suspension
  • 156
     Order after suspension
  • 157
     Reconsideration of case after suspension
  • 158
     Fresh sentence after suspension
  • 159
     Scope of power of suspension
  • 160
     Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal

  • MISCELLANEOUS

  • 161
     Disposal of property of the members of the Force
  • 162
     Powers and duties conferrable and imposable on members of the Force
  • 163
     Protection for acts of members of the Force
  • 164
     Power of Central Government to remove difficulties
  • 165
     Power to make rules
  • 166
     Power to make regulations
  • 167
     Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
  • 168
     Repeal and savings