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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Army Act, 1950 Section 55

Injury to property: Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,

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Army Act, 1950 Section 55 is part of Army Act, 1950 - Injury to property: Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) destroys or injures any property mentioned in clause (a) of section 54 or any property belonging to any military, naval or air force mess. band or institution, or to any person subject to military, naval or air force law, or serving with, or attached to, the regular Army: or (b) commits any act which causes damage to. or destruction of, any property of the Government by fire; or (c) kills, injures, makes away with, ill-treats or loses any animal entrusted to him; 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 acted without reasonable excuse to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

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Section Section 55 of the Army Act, 1950 (Injury to property: Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,) 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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