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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Army Act, 1950 Section 71

Punishments awardable by courts-martial: Punishments may be inflicted in respect of offences committed by persons

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Army Act, 1950 Section 71 is part of Army Act, 1950 - Punishments awardable by courts-martial: Punishments may be inflicted in respect of offences committed by persons. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) death;

(b) transportation for life or for any period not less than seven years;

(c) imprisonment, either rigorous or simple, for any period not exceeding fourteen years;

(d) cashiering, in case of officers;

(e) dismissal from the service;

(f) reduction to the ranks or to a lower rank or grade or place in the list of their rank, in the case of warrant officers; and reduction to the ranks or to a lower rank or grade, in the case of non-commissioned officers :

Provided that a warrant officer reduced to the ranks shall not be required to serve in the ranks as a sepoy;

(g) forfeiture of seniority of rank in the case of officers, junior commissioned officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers; and forfeiture of all or any part of their service for the purpose of promotion, in the case of any of them whose promotion depends upon length of service;

(h) forfeiture of service for the purpose of increased pay, pension or any other prescribed purpose;

(i) severe reprimand or reprimand, in the case of officers, junior commissioned officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers;

(j) forfeiture of pay and allowances for a period not exceeding three months for an offence committed on active service:

(k) forfeiture in the case of a person sentenced to cashiering or dismissal from the service of all arrears of pay and allowances and other public money due to him at the time of such cashiering or dismissal;

(1) stoppage of pay and allowances until any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence of which he is convicted is made good.

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What does Army Act, 1950 Section 71 provide?

Section Section 71 of the Army Act, 1950 (Punishments awardable by courts-martial: Punishments may be inflicted in respect of offences committed by persons) 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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