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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Army Act, 1950 Section 49

Permitting escape of person in custody: Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that

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Army Act, 1950 Section 49 is part of Army Act, 1950 - Permitting escape of person in custody: Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) when in command of a guard, picquet, patrol or post, releases without proper authority, whether wilfully or without reasonable excuse, any person committed to his charge, or refuses to receive any prisoner or person so committed; or (b) wilfully or without reasonable excuse allows to escape any person who is committed to his charge, or whom it is his duty to keep or guard; shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable, if he has acted wilfully to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and if he has not acted wilfully, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

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Section Section 49 of the Army Act, 1950 (Permitting escape of person in custody: Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that) is reproduced on this page as part of the Army 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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