Act Info:
Preamble1 - ARMY ACT, 1950
Chapter I Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Persons subject to this Act
Section3 - Definitions
Chapter II Section4 - Application of Act to certain forces under Central Government
Section5 - Application of Act to forces of Part B States [Repealed]
Section6 - Special provision as to rank in certain cases
Section7 - Commanding officer of persons subject to military law under clause (i) of section 2
Section8 - Officers exercising powers in certain cases
Section9 - Power to declare persons to be on active service
Chapter III Section10 - Commission and appointment
Section11 - Ineligibility of aliens for enrolment
Section12 - Ineligibility of females for enrolment or employment
Section13 - Procedure before enrolling officer
Section14 - Mode of enrolment
Section15 - Validity of enrolment
Section16 - Persons to be attested
Section17 - Mode of attestation
Chapter IV Section18 - Tenure of service under the Act
Section19 - Termination of service by Central Government
Section20 - Dismissal, removal or reduction by the Chief of the Army Staff and by other officers
Section21 - Power to modify certain fundamental rights in their application to persons subject of this Act
Section22 - Retirement, release or discharge
Section23 - Certificate on termination of service
Section24 - Discharge or dismissal when out of India
Chapter V Section25 - Authorised deductions only to be made from pay
Section26 - Remedy of aggrieved persons other than officers
Section27 - Remedy of aggrieved officers
Section28 - Immunity from attachment
Section29 - Immunity from arrest for debt
Section30 - Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest
Section31 - Privileges of reservists
Section32 - Priority in respect of army personnel's litigation
Section33 - Saving of rights and privileges under laws
Chapter VI Section34 - Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death
Section35 - Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death
Section36 - Offences punishable more severely on active service than at other times
Section37 - Mutiny
Section38 - Desertion and aiding desertion
Section39 - Absence without leave
Section40 - Striking or threatening superior officers
Section41 - Disobedience to superior officer
Section42 - Insubordination and obstruction
Section43 - Fraudulent enrolment
Section44 - False answers on enrolment
Section45 - Unbecoming conduct
Section46 - Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
Section47 - Ill-treating a subordinate
Section48 - Intoxication
Section49 - Permitting escape of person in custody
Section50 - Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
Section51 - Escape from custody
Section52 - Offences in respect of property
Section53 - Extortion and corruption
Section54 - Making away with equipment
Section55 - Injury to property
Section56 - False accusations
Section57 - Falsifying official documents and false declaration
Section58 - Signing in blank and failure to report
Section59 - Offences relating to courts-martial
Section60 - False evidence
Section61 - Unlawful detention of pay
Section62 - Offences in relation to aircraft and flying
Section63 - Violation of good order and discipline
Section64 - Miscellaneous offences
Section65 - Attempt
Section66 - Abetment of offences that have been committed
Section67 - Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed
Section68 - Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
Section69 - Civil offences
Section70 - Civil offences not triable by court-martial
Chapter VII Section71 - Punishments awardable by courts-martial
Section72 - Alternative punishments awardable by court-martial
Section73 - Combination of punishments
Section74 - Cashiering of officers
Section75 to 76 - Omitted
Section77 - Result of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer
Section78 - Retention in the ranks of a person convicted on active service
Section79 - Punishments otherwise than by court-martial
Section80 - Punishment of persons other than officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers
Section81 - Limit of punishments under section 80
Section82 - Punishments in addition to those specified in section 80
Section83 - Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by brigade commanders and others
Section84 - Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by area commanders and others
Section85 - Punishment of junior commissioned officers
Section86 - Transmission of proceedings
Section87 - Review of proceedings
Section88 - Superior military authority
Section89 - Collective fines
Chapter VIII Section90 - Deductions from pay and allowances of officers
Section91 - Deductions from pay and allowances of persons other than officers
Section92 - Computation of time of absence or custody
Section93 - Pay and allowances during trial
Section94 - Limit of certain deductions
Section95 - Deduction from public money due to a person
Section96 - Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct
Section97 - Remission of deductions
Section98 - Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from remitted deductions
Section99 - Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from his pay and allowances
Section100 - Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war
Chapter IX Section101 - Custody of offenders
Section102 - Duty of commanding officer in regard to detention
Section103 - Interval between committal and court-martial
Section104 - Arrest by civil authorities
Section105 - Capture of deserters
Section106 - Inquiry into absence without leave
Section107 - Provost-marshals
Chapter X Section108 - Kinds of courts-martial
Section109 - Power to convene a general court-martial
Section110 - Power to convene a district court-martial
Section111 - Contents of warrants issued under sections 109 and 110
Section112 - Power to convene a summary general court-martial
Section113 - Composition of general court-martial
Section114 - Composition of district court-martial
Section115 - Composition of summary general court-martial
Section116 - Summary court-martial
Section117 - Dissolution of courts-martial
Section118 - Powers of general and summary general courts-martial
Section119 - Powers of district courts-martial
Section120 - Powers of summary courts-martial
Section121 - Prohibition of second trial
Section122 - Period of limitation for trial
Section123 - Liability of offender who ceases to be subject to Act
Section124 - Place of trial
Section125 - Choice between criminal court and court-martial
Section126 - Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender
Section127 - Omitted
Chapter XI Section128 - Presiding officer
Section129 - Judge advocate
Section130 - Challenges
Section131 - Oaths of member, judge-advocate and witness
Section132 - Voting by members
Section133 - General rule as to evidence
Section134 - Judicial notice
Section135 - Summoning witnesses
Section136 - Documents exempted from production
Section137 - Commissions for examination of witnesses
Section138 - Examination of a witness on commission
Section139 - Conviction of offence not charged
Section140 - Presumption as to signatures
Section141 - Enrolment paper
Section142 - Presumption as to certain documents
Section143 - Reference by accused to Government officer
Section144 - Evidence of previous convictions and general character
Section145 - Lunacy of accused
Section146 - Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
Section147 - Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 146
Section148 - Release of lunatic accused
Section149 - Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
Section150 - Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
Section151 - Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
Section152 - Powers of court-martial in relation to proceedings under this Act
Chapter XII Section153 - Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed
Section154 - Power to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial
Section155 - Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial
Section156 - Limitation of powers of confirming authority
Section157 - Power to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court-martial
Section158 - Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
Section159 - Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship
Section160 - Revision of finding or sentence
Section161 - Finding and sentence of a summary court-martial
Section162 - Transmission of proceedings of summary courts-martial
Section163 - Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases
Section164 - Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial
Section165 - Annulment of proceedings
Chapter XIII Section166 - Form of sentence of death
Section167 - Commencement of sentence of transportation or imprisonment
Section168 - Execution of sentence of transportation
Section169 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment
Section169A - Period of custody undergone by the officer or person to be set off against the imprisonment
Section170 - Temporary custody of offender
Section171 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases
Section172 - Conveyance of prisoner from place to place
Section173 - Communication of certain orders to prison officers
Section174 - Execution of sentence of fine
Section175 - Establishment and regulation of military prisons
Section176 - Informality or error in the order or warrant
Section177 - Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners
Section178 - Restriction of rule-making power in regard to corporal punishment
Chapter XIV Section179 - Pardon and remission
Section180 - Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission
Section181 - Reduction of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer
Section182 - Suspension of sentence of transportation or imprisonment
Section183 - Orders pending suspension
Section184 - Release on suspension
Section185 - Computation of period of suspension
Section186 - Order after suspension
Section187 - Reconsideration of case after suspension
Section188 - Fresh sentence after suspension
Section189 - Scope of power of suspension
Section190 - Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal.
Chapter XV Section191 - Power to make rules
Section192 - Power to make regulations
Section193 - Publication of rules and regulations in Gazette
Section193A - Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
Section194 - Repeals
ChapterXVI - OMITTED
Schedule1 - THE SCHEDULE