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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 63

Force Police Officers

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Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 63 is part of Border Security Force Act, 1968 - Force Police Officers. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The Director-General or any prescribed officer may appoint persons (in this Act referred to as Force police) for discharging the functions specified in sub-sections (2) and (3).

(2) The duties of a person appointed under sub-section (1), are to take charge of persons confined for any offence, to preserve good order and discipline and to prevent breaches of the same by persons serving in, or attached to, the Force.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 57, a person appointed under subsection (1) may, at any time, arrest and detain for trial any person subject to this Act who commits, or is charged with, an offence, and may also carry into effect any punishment to be inflicted in pursuance of a sentence awarded by a Security Force Court or by an officer exercising authority under section 53 but shall not inflict any punishment on his own authority:

Provided that no officer shall be so arrested or detained otherwise than on the order of another officer.

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What does Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 63 provide?

Section Section 63 of the Border Security Force Act, 1968 (Force Police Officers) is reproduced on this page as part of the Border Security Force Act, 1968. 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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