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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Army Act, 1950 Section 2

Persons Subject to This Act

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Army Act, 1950 Section 2 is part of Army Act, 1950 - Persons Subject to This Act. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The following persons shall be subject tothis Act wherever they may be, namely:--

(a)officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers of the regularArmy;

(b)persons enrolled under this Act;

(c)persons belonging to the Indian Reserve Forces;

(d)persons belonging to the Indian Supplementary Reserve Forces when called outfor service or when carrying out the annual test;

(e)officers of the Territorial Army, when doing duty as such officers, andenrolled persons of the said Army when called out or embodied or attached toany regular forces, subject to such adaptations and modifications as maybe made in the application of this Act to such persons under sub-section(1)of section 9 of the Territorial Army Act,1948 (56 of 1948);

(f)persons holding commissions in the Army in India Reserve of Officers, when ordered onany duty or service for which they are liable as members of such reserve forces:

(g)officers appointed to the Indian Regular Reserve of Officers, when ordered onany duty or service for which they are liable as members of such reserve forces;

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(i)persons not otherwise subject to military law who, onactive service, in camp, on the march or at any frontier post specified by theCentral Government by notification in this behalf, are employed by, or are inthe service of, or are followers of, or accompany any portion of, the regularArmy.

(2) Everyperson subject to this Act under clauses (a) to2 [(g)] of sub-section(1) shallremain so subject until duly retired, discharged, released,removed, dismissed or cashiered from the service.

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1. Clause(h) omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956.

2.Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws(No. 3) Order, 1956,for "(b)".

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