81Challenges
(1) At all trials by a General Security Guard Court or by a Petty Security Guard Court, as soon as the Court is assembled, the names of the presiding officer and members shall be read over to the accused, who shall thereupon be asked whether he objects to being tried by any officer, sitting on the Court.
(2) If the accused objects to such officer, his objection and also the reply thereto of the officer objected to shall be heard and recorded, and the remaining officers of the Court shall, in the absence of the challenged officer, decide on the objection.
(3) If the objection is allowed by one half or more of the votes of the officers entitled to vote, the objection shall be allowed, and the member objected to shall retire, and his vacancy may be filled in the prescribed manner, by another officer subject to the same right of the accused to object.
(4) When no challenge is made, or when a challenge has been made and disallowed, or the place of every officer successfully challenged has been filled by another officer to whom no objection is made or allowed, the Court shall proceed with the trial.
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- 79 Presiding officer
- 80 Judge Attorneys, etc
- 81 Challenges
- 82 Oaths of members, Judge Attorney and witness
- 83 Voting by members
- 84 General rule as to evidence
- 85 Judicial notice
- 86 Summoning witnesses
- 87 Documents exempted from production
- 88 Commissions for examination of witnesses
- 89 Examination of witness on commission
- 90 Conviction of offence not charged
- 91 Presumption as to signatures
- 92 Appointment paper
- 93 Presumption as to certain documents
- 94 Reference by accused to Government officer
- 95 Evidence of previous convictions and general character
- 96 Lunacy of accused
- 97 Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
- 98 Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 97
- 99 Release of lunatic accused
- 100 Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
- 101 Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
- 102 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
- 103 Powers of Security Guard Court in relation to proceedings under the Act