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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Air Force Act, 1950

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/51300

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Air Force Act, 1950 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Preamble1 - Air Force Act, 1950
Chapter1 - Preliminary
Section1 - Short Title and Commencement
Section2 - Persons Subject to This Act
Section3 - Termination of Application of the Act
Section4 - Definitions
ChapterII - Special Provisioins Fo the Applications of Act in Certain Cases
Section5 - Application of Act to Certain Forces Under the Central Government
Section6 - Special Provision as to Rank in Certain Cases
Section7 - Commanding Officer of Person Subject to Air Force Law Under Clause (D) of Section 2
Section8 - Officer Exercising Powers in Certain Cases
Section9 - Power to Declare Persons to Be on Active Service
ChapterIII - Commission, Appointment and Enrolment
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
ChapterIV - Conditions of Service
Section18 - . Tenure of Service Under the Act.
Section19 - Termination of Service by Central Government
Section20 - Dismissal, Removal or Reduction by Chief of the Air Staff and Other Officers
Section21 - Power to Modify Certain Fundamental Rights in their Application to Persons Subject to This Act
Section22 - Retirement, Release or Discharge
Section23 - Certificate on Termination of Service
Section24 - Discharge or Dismissal when out of India
ChapterV - Services Privileges
Section25 - Authorised Deductions Only to Be Made from Pay
Section26 - Remedy of Aggrieved Airmen
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 Air Force personnel's litigation
Section33 - Saving of Rights and Privileges Under Other Laws
ChapterVI - Offences
Section34 - Offences in Relation to the Enemy and Punishable with Death
Section34 - Offences in Relation to the Enemy and Not Punishable with Death
Section35 - 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 Officer
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 - Iii.--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 to Respect of Property
Section53 - Extortion and Corruption
Section54 - Making Away with Equipment
Section55 - Injury to Property
Section56 - False Accusation
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 - Other Offences Relating to Aircraft and Flying
Section64 - Disobedience of Lawful Command of Captain of Aircraft
Section65 - Violation of Good Order and Air Force Discipline
Section66 - Miscellaneous Offences
Section67 - Attempt
Section68 - Abetment of Offences That Have Been Committed
Section69 - Abetment of Offences Punishable with Death and Not Committed
Section70 - Abetment of Offences Punishable with Imprisonment and Not Committed
Section71 - Civil Offences
Section72 - Civil Offence Not Triable by Court-martial
ChapterVII - Punishements
Section73 - Punishments Awardable by Courts-martial
Section74 - Alternative Punishments Awardable by Court-martial
Section75 - Combination of Punishments
Section76 - Cashiering of Officers
Section77 - Field Punishment
Section78 - Position of Field Punishment in Scale of Punishments
Section79 - Result of Certain Punishments in the Case of a Warrant Officer or Non-commissioned Officer
Section80 - Retention in the Ranks of a Person Convicted on Active Service
Section81 - Punishments Otherwise Than by Court-martial
Section82 - Punishment of Persons Other Than Officers and Warrant Officers
Section83 - Requirement of Sanction in Certain Cases
Section84 - Limit of Punishments Under Section 82
Section85 - Punishments in Addition to Those Specified in Section 82
Section86 - Punishment of Officers and Warrant Officers
Section87 - Transmission of Proceedings
Section88 - Review of Proceedings
Section89 - Superior Air Force Authority
Section90 - Collective Fines
ChapterVIII - Penal Deductions
Section91 - Deductions from Pay and Allowances of Officers
Section92 - Deductions from Pay and Allowances of Airmen
Section93 - Computation of Time of Absence of Custody
Section94 - Pay and Allowances Daring Trial
Section95 - Limit of Certain Deductions
Section96 - Deduction from Public Money Due to a Person
Section97 - Pay and Allowances of Prisoner of War During Inquiry into His Conduct
Section98 - Remission of Deductions
Section99 - Provision for Dependants of Prisoner of War from Remitted Deductions
Section100 - Provision for Dependants of Prisoner of War from His Pay and Allowances
Section101 - Period During Which a Person is Deemed to Be a Prisoner of War
ChapterIX - Arrest and Proceedings Before Trial
Section102 - Custody of Offenders
Section103 - Duty of Commanding Officer in Regard to Detention
Section104 - Interial Between Committal and Court-martial
Section105 - Arrest by Civil Authorities
Section106 - Capture of Deserters
Section107 - Inquiry into Absence Without Leave
Section108 - Provost-marshals
ChapterX - Courts-martial
Section109 - Different Kinds of Courts-martial
Section110 - Power to Convene a General Court-martial
Section111 - Power to Convene a District Court - Martial
Section112 - Contents of Warrants Issued Under Sections 110 and 111
Section113 - Power to Convene a Summary General Court-martial
Section114 - Composition of General Court-martial
Section115 - Composition of District Court-martial
Section116 - Composition of Summary General Court-martial
Section117 - Dissolution of Court-martial
Section118 - Powers of General and Summary General Courts-martial
Section119 - Powers of District Court-martial
Section120 - Prohibition of Second Trial
Section121` - Period of Limitation for Trial
Section122 - Liability of Offender Who Ceases to Be Subject to Act
Section123 - Place of Trial
Section124 - Choice Between Criminal Court and Court-martial
Section125 - Power of Criminal Court to Require Delivery of Offendec
Section126 - Successive Trials by a Criminal, Court and a Court-martial
ChapterXI - Procedure of Courts-martial
Section127 - Presiding Officer
Section128 - Judge Advocate
Section129 - Challenges
Section130 - Oaths of Member, Judge Advocate and Witness
Section131 - Voting by Members
Section132 - General Rule as to Evidence
Section133 - Judicial Notice
Section134 - Summoning Witnesses
Section135 - Documents Exempted from Production
Section136 - Commissions for Examination of Witnesses
Section137 - Examination of a Witness on Commission
Section138 - Conviction of Offence Not Charged
Section139 - Presumption as to Signatures
Section140 - Enrolment Paper
Section141 - Presumption as to Certain Documents
Section142 - Reference by Accused to Government Officer
Section143 - Evidence of Previous Convictions and General Character
Section144 - Lunacy of Accused
Section145 - Subsequent Fitness of Lunatic Accused for Trial
Section146 - Transmission to Central Government of Orders Under Section 145
Section147 - Release of Lunatic Accused
Section148 - Delivery of Lunatic Accused to Relatives
Section149 - Order for Custody and Disposal of Property Pending Trial
Section150 - Order for Disposal of Property Regarding Which Offence is Committed
Section151 - Powers of Court-martial when Certain Offences Are Committed by Persons Not Subject to This Act
ChapterXII - Confirmatiion and Revision
Section152 - Finding and Sentence Not Valid, Unless Confirmed
Section153 - Powerto Confirm Finding and Sentence of General Court-martial
Section154 - Power to Confirm Finding and Sentence of District Court-martial
Section155 - Limitation of Powers of Confirming Authority
Section156 - Power to Confirm Finding and Sentence of Summary General Court- Martial
Section157 - Power of Confirming Authority to Mitigate, Remit or Commute Sentences
Section158 - Confirming of Findings and Sentences on Board a Ship
Section159 - Revision of Finding or Sentence
Section160 - Alteration of Finding or Sentence in Certain Cases
Section161 - Remedy Against Order, Finding or Sentence of Court-martial
Section162 - Annulment of Proceedings
ChapterXIII - Execution of Sentences
Section163 - Form of Sentence of Death
Section164 - Commencement of Sentence of Transportation or Imprisonment
Section165 - Execution of Sentence of Transportation
Section166 - Execution of Sentence of Imprisonment
Section167 - Temporary Custody of Offender
Section168 - Execution of Sentence of Imprisonment in Special Cases
Section169 - Conveyance of Prisoner from Place to Place
Section170 - Execution of Sentence of Detention
Section171 - Communication of Certain Orders to Prison Officers
Section172 - Execution of Sentence of Fine
Section173 - Establishment and Regulation of Air Force Prisons
Section174 - Informality or Error in the Order or Warrants
Section175 - Power to Make Rules in Respect of Prisons and Prisoners
Section176 - Restriction of Rule-making Power in Respect to Corporal Punishment
ChapterXIV - Pardons, Remissions and Suspensions
Section177 - Pardon and Remission
Section178 - Cancellation of Conditional Pardon, Release on Parole or Remission
Section179 - Reduction of Warrant Officer or Non-commissioned Officer
Section180 - Suspension of Sentence of Transportation, Imprisonment or Detention
Section181 - Orders Pending Suspension
Section182 - Release on Suspension
Section183 - Computation of Period of Suspension
Section184 - Order After Suspension
Section185 - Reconsideration of Case After Suspension
Section186 - Fresh Sentence After Suspension
Section187 - Scope of Power of Suspension
Section188 - Effect of Suspension and Remission on Dismissal
ChapterXV - Rules
Section189 - Power to Make Rules
Section190 - Power to Make Regulations
Section191 - Publication of Rules and Regulations in Gazette
Section191A - Laying of Rules and Regulations Before Parliament
Section192 - [Repeal]
ChapterXVI - Transitory Provisions
Section193 - Definition of "british Officer
Section194 - Powers of British Officer

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