Act Info:
Preamble1 - NAVY ACT, 1957
Chapter I Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Persons subject to naval law
Section3 - Definitions
Section4 - Fundamental rights to apply to persons subject to naval law with modifications
Chapter II Section5 - Power of Central Government to raise and maintain naval forces
Chapter III Section6 - Provision respecting discipline of persons under engagement to serve Central Government
Section7 - Relations between the members of the Navy, Army and Air Force acting together
Section8 - Provision respecting discipline of master of merchant vessel under convoy
Chapter IV Section9 - Eligibility for appointment or enrolment
Section10 - Commissions and appointments
Section11 - Enrolment
Section12 - Validity of enrolment
Section13 - Oath of allegiance
Chapter V Section14 - Liability for service of officers and sailors
Section15 - Tenure of service of officers and sailors
Section16 - Discharge on expiry of engagement
Section17 - Provisions as to discharge
Section18 - Saving of powers of dismissal by naval tribunals
Section19 - Restrictions respecting right to form associations, freedom of speech, etc
Section19 A - Reinstatement of persons belonging to the Indian Naval Reserve Forces on termination of period of training or actual service with the Indian Navy
Section19 B - Preservation of service rights belonging to the Indian Naval Reserve Forces when called up for training or actual service with the Indian Navy
Chapter VI Section20 - Immunity from attachment
Section21 - Immunity from arrest for debt
Section22 - Immunity of persons attending court-martial or disciplinary court from arrest
Section23 - Remedy of aggrieved persons
Section24 - Priority of hearing pf cases concerning persons in the naval service
Section25 - Right of the Chief of the Naval Staff or commanding officers to obtain copies of judgments or orders made by a criminal court
Section26 - Saving of rights and privileges under other laws
Chapter VII Section27 - Deductions from pay, etc., not to be made unless authorised
Section28 - Deductions from pay and allowances of officers
Section29 - Deductions from pay and allowances of sailors
Section30 - Deductions awarded by naval tribunals
Section31 - Liability for maintenance of wife and children
Section32 - Limit of certain deductions
Section33 - Remission of deductions
Chapter VIII Section34 - Misconduct by officers or persons in command
Section35 - Misconduct by persons other than those in command
Section36 - Delaying or discouraging action or service commanded
Section37 - Penalty for disobedience in action
Section38 - Penalty for spying
Section39 - Correspondence, etc., with the enemy
Section40 - Improper communication with the enemy
Section41 - Deserting post and neglect of duty
Section42 - Mutiny defined
Section43 - Punishment for mutiny
Section44 - Persons on board ships or aircraft seducing naval personnel from allegiance
Section45 - Striking superior officers
Section46 - Ill-treating subordinates
Section47 - Disobedience and insubordination
Section48 - Quarrelling, fighting and disorderly behaviour
Section49 - Desertion
Section50 - Inducing person to desert
Section51 - Breaking out of ship and absence without leave
Section52 - Drunkenness
Section53 - Uncleanness or indecent acts
Section54 - Cruelty and conduct unbecoming the character of an officer
Section55 - Losing ship or aircraft
Section55 A - Dangerous unauthorised flying
Section55 B - Inaccurate certificate
Section55 C - Low flying and annoyance by flying
Section55 D - Disobedience of lawful command of captain of an aircraft
Section56 - Offences by officers in charge of convoy
Section57 - Taking unauthorised goods on board ship
Section58 - Offences in respect of property
Section59 - Arson
Section60 - Falsifying official documents and false declarations
Section61 - Malingering, etc
Section62 - Penalty for endeavouring to stir up disturbance on account of unwholesomeness of victuals or other just grounds
Section63 - Offences in respect of papers relating to prize
Section64 - Offences in respect of price
Section65 - Offences in respect of persons on board a prize ship
Section66 - Unlawful taking or ransoming a prize
Section67 - Breaking bulk on board a prize ship
Section68 - Violation of the Act, regulations and orders
Section69 - Offences in relation to Court-martial
Section70 - Fraudulent entry
Section71 - Escape from custody
Section72 - Failure to assist in detention of offenders
Section73 - Penalty for failure to attend by members of reserve forces when called up
Section74 - Offences against good order and naval discipline
Section75 - Attempts
Section76 - Abetment of offences
Section77 - Civil offences
Section78 - Jurisdiction as to place and offences
Section79 - Jurisdiction as to time
Section80 - Trial after a person ceases to be subject to naval law
Chapter IX Section81 - Punishments
Section82 - Provisions as to award of punishment
Chapter X Section83 - Power to issue warrants of arrest
Section84 - Arrest without warrant
Section85 - Procedure and conditions of naval custody
Section86 - Investigation after arrest
Section87 - Duty to receive or keep in custody
Section88 - Procedure before trial
Section89 - Provost-marshals
Chapter XI Section90 - Joinder of charges
Section91 - Acts amounting to different offences
Section92 - Joinder of accused person
Chapter XII Section93 - Power of court-martial and commanding officers to try offences
Section94 - Power of Central Government, Chief of the Naval Staff and other officers to impose forfeiture of time or seniority
Section95 - Disciplinary Courts when may be constituted
Section96 - Constitution and procedure of disciplinary courts
Section97 - Constitution of courts-martial
Chapter XIII Section98 - Where courts-martial to be held
Section99 - Trial judge advocate
Section100 - Courts-martial to be public
Section101 - Commencement of proceedings
Section102 - Objections to members
Section103 - Further objections
Section104 - Administering oath or affirmation
Section105 - Arraignment
Section106 - Opening of prosecution case
Section107 - Calling of prosecution witness not in the original list
Section108 - Swearing of interpreter and shorthand-writer
Section109 - Objection to interpreter or shorthand-writer
Section110 - Swearing of witnesses
Section111 - Plea of no case and defence of accused
Section112 - Adjournment to view
Section113 - Summing up by the trial judge advocate
Section114 - Duties of the trial judge advocate
Section115 - Duties of the court
Section116 - Retirement to consider finding
Section117 - Announcement of the finding
Section118 - Drawing up of the finding
Section119 - Evidence of character and previous convictions
Section120 - Consideration of the sentence
Section121 - Announcement of the sentence
Section122 - Adjournment
Section123 - Provisions relating to dissolution of court-martial
Section124 - Ascertaining the opinion of the court
Section125 - Finding that the offence was committed with intent involving less degree of punishment
Section126 - Alternative findings
Section127 - Finding lesser offence proved on charge of greater offence
Section128 - Transmission of proceedings to the Judge Advocate-General of the Navy
Section129 - Right of accused to copy of proceedings and sentence
Section130 - Application of the Evidence Act
Section131 - Accused competent witness for defence
Section132 - Judicial notice
Section133 - Presumption as to certain documents
Section134 - Summoning of witnesses
Section135 - Commissions for examination of witnesses
Section136 - Examination of witnesses on commission
Section137 - Power to summon and examine material witnesses
Section138 - Power of court to pay compensation out of fine
Section139 - Summary punishment for contempt of court by person subject to naval law
Section140 - Summary punishment for contempt of court by person not subject to naval law
Section141 - Powers of court-martial when certain offences are committed by persons not subject to naval law
Section142 - Powers of courts martial and disciplinary courts in relation to proceedings under this Act
Section143 - Accused found insane during trial
Section144 - Lunacy of the accused at the time of offence
Section145 - Disposal of property pending trial
Section146 - Disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
Chapter XIV Section147 - Form of sentence of death
Section148 - Interim custody until execution of sentence of death
Section149 - Execution of sentences of death
Section150 - Place of imprisonment and detention
Section151 - Commencement of sentence
Section152 - Imprisonment of offender already under sentence
Section153 - Change of place of confinement
Section154 - Discharge or removal of prisoners
Section155 - Time of detention in naval custody
Section156 - Removal of insane prisoners
Section157 - Naval prisons and naval detention quarters
Section158 - Execution of sentence of fine
Section159 - Power to make regulations in respect of naval prisons and detention quarters
Chapter XV Section160 - Judicial review by the Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Section161 - Consideration by the Chief of the Naval Staff
Chapter XVI Section162 - Petitions to the Central Government or Chief of the Naval Staff against findings or sentences
Section163 - Powers of Central Government and the Chief of the Naval Staff in respect of findings and sentences
Section164 - Suspension of sentences
Chapter XVII Section165 - Offences by persons not subject to naval law in relation to courts-martial and disciplinary court
Section166 - Penalties for aiding escape or attempt to escape of prisoners and for breach of prison regulations
Section167 - Penalty as regards gaolers, etc
Chapter XVIII Section168 - Appointment of the Judge Advocate General of the Nevy and his subordinate officers
Section169 - Functions of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Section170 - Discharge of functions of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy in his absence
Chapter XIX Section171 - Disposal of property of deceased sailors
Section172 - Disposal of property of deceased officers
Section173 - Decision of questions as to ship and service debts and other debts in ship or quarters
Section174 - Nature of the powers of commanding officer or Committee of Adjustment
Section175 - Powers of Central Government to hand over estate of deceased persons to the Administrator-General
Section176 - Disposal of surplus by prescribed persons
Section177 - Disposal of effects not converted into money
Section178 - Termination of liability of commanding officer, Committee, prescribed person and the Central Government
Section179 - Saving of rights of representative
Section180 - Application of sections 171 to 179 to persons of unsound mind
Section181 - Appointment of Standing Committee of Adjustment in certain cases
Section182 - Exercise of powers by other persons
Section183 - Forfeiture of effects for absence without leave
Chapter XX Section184 - Power to make regulations
Section184 A - Power to make regulations with retrospective effect
Section185 - Regulations to be laid before Parliament
Chapter XXI Section186 - Repeals
Section187 - Provisions as to existing naval forces, appointments, etc
Chapter XXII Section188 - Powers of officers of the Royal Navy
Amending ActI - NAVY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2005