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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Air Force Act, 1950 Section 180

Suspension of Sentence of Transportation, Imprisonment or Detention

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Air Force Act, 1950 Section 180 is part of Air Force Act, 1950 - Suspension of Sentence of Transportation, Imprisonment or Detention. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Where a person subject to this Act is sentenced by a court-martial to transportation, imprisonment or detention, the Central Government,1[the Chief of the Air Staff] or any officer empowered to convene a general or a summary general court-martial may suspend the sentence whether or not the offender has already been committed to prison or to air force custody.

(2) The authority or officer specified in sub-section (1) may in the case of an offender so sentenced direct that, until the orders of such authority or officer have been obtained, the offender shall not be committed to prison or to air force custody.

(3) The powers conferred by sub-sections, (1) and (2) may be exercised in the case of any such sentence which has been confirmed, reduced or commuted.

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1. Substituted for the words "the Commander-in-Chief" by the Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act, (19 of 1955), S. 2 and Sch. (7-5-1955).

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What does Air Force Act, 1950 Section 180 provide?

Section Section 180 of the Air Force Act, 1950 (Suspension of Sentence of Transportation, Imprisonment or Detention) is reproduced on this page as part of the Air Force Act, 1950. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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