Act Info:
Preamble1 - SASHASTRA SEEMA BAL ACT 2007
Chapter I Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Persons subject to this Act
Chapter II Section4 - Constitution of the Force
Section5 - Control, direction, etc.
Section6 - Enrolment
Section7 - Liability for service outside India
Section8 - Resignation and withdrawal from the post
Section9 - Tenure of service under the Act
Section10 - Termination of service by Central Government
Section11 - Dismissal, removal or reduction in rank by the Director-General and by other officers
Section12 - Certificate of termination of service
Section13 - Restrictions respecting right to form association, freedom of speech, etc.
Section14 - Redressal of grievances of persons other than officers
Section15 - Redressal of grievances of officers
Chapter III Section16 - Offences in relation to enemy and punishable with death
Section17 - Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death
Section18 - Offences punishable more severely on active duty than at other times
Section19 - Mutiny
Section20 - Desertion and aiding desertion
Section21 - Absence with-out leave
Section22 - Striking or threatening superior officer
Section23 - Disobedience to superior officer
Section24 - Insubordination and obstruction
Section25 - False information on enrolment
Section26 - Unbecoming conduct
Section27 - Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
Section28 - III-treating a subordinate
Section29 - Intoxication
Section30 - Permitting escape of person in custody
Section31 - Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
Section32 - Escape from custody
Section33 - Offences in respect of property
Section34 - Extortion and exaction
Section35 - Making away with equipment
Section36 - Injury to property, etc.
Section37 - False accusations
Section38 - Falsifying official documents and false declaration
Section39 - Signing in blank and failure to report
Section40 - Offences relating to Force Court
Section41 - False evidence
Section42 - Unlawful detention of pay
Section43 - Violation of good order and discipline
Section44 - Miscellaneous offences
Section45 - Attempt
Section46 - Abetment of offences that have been committed
Section47 - Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed
Section48 - Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
Section49 - Civil offences
Section50 - Civil offences not triable by a Force Court
Chapter IV Section51 - Punishment by Force Courts
Section52 - Alternative punishments by Force Courts
Section53 - Combination of punishments
Section54 - Retention in the Force of a person convicted on active duty
Section55 - Punishments otherwise than by Force Court
Section56 - Minor punishments
Section57 - Limit of punishments under section 56
Section58 - Punishment of persons of or below the rank of Commandant by Inspector-General and others
Section59 - Cancellation variation or remittance of sentence
Section60 - Collective fines
Chapter V Section61 - Deductions from pay and allowances of persons subject to this Act
Section62 - Pay and allowances during trial
Section63 - Limit of certain deductions
Section64 - Deduction from public money due to a person
Section65 - Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct
Section66 - Remission of deductions
Section67 - Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from his remitted deductions and pay and allowances
Section68 - Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war
Chapter VI Section69 - Custody of offenders
Section70 - Duty of commanding officer in regard to detention
Section71 - Interval between committal and trial
Section72 - Arrest by civil authorities
Section73 - Capture of deserters
Section74 - Inquiry into absence without leave
Section75 - Force police officers
Chapter VII Section76 - Kinds of Force Courts
Section77 - Power to convene a General Force Court
Section78 - Power to convene a Petty Force Court
Section79 - Warrants issued under sections 77 and 7
Section80 - Composition of a General Force Court
Section81 - Composition of a Petty Force Court
Section82 - Summary Force Court
Section83 - Dissolution of a Force Court
Section84 - Powers of a General Force Court
Section85 - Powers of a Petty Force Court
Section86 - Powers of a Summary Force Court
Section87 - Prohibition of second trial
Section88 - Period of limitation for trial
Section89 - Trial, etc, of offender who ceases to be subject to this Act
Section90 - Application of Act during term of sentence
Section91 - Place of trial, etc.
Section92 - Choice between criminal court and Force court
Section93 - Power of criminal court to required delivery of offender
Chapter VIII Section94 - Presiding officer
Section95 - Judge Attorneys
Section96 - Objections
Section97 - Oath of members, Judge Attorneys and witnesses
Section98 - Voting by members
Section99 - General rule as to evidence
Section100 - Judicial notice
Section101 - Summoning of witnesses
Section102 - Documents exempted from production
Section103 - Commission for examination of witnesses
Section104 - Examination of a witness on commission
Section105 - Conviction for offences not charged
Section106 - Presumption as to signatures
Section107 - Enrolment paper
Section108 - Presumption as to certain documents
Section109 - Reference by accused to Government officer
Section110 - Evidence of previous convictions and general character
Section111 - Lunacy of accused
Section112 - Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
Section113 - Transmission to Central Government of order under section 112
Section114 - Release of lunatic accused
Section115 - Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
Section116 - Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
Section117 - Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
Section118 - Powers of Force Court in relation to proceedings under this Act
Section119 - Tender of pardon to accomplices
Section120 - Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
Chapter IX Section121 - Finding and sentence not valid unless confirmed
Section122 - Power to confirm finding and sentence of General Force Court
Section123 - Power to confirm finding and sentence of Petty Force Court
Section124 - Limitation of powers of confirming authority
Section125 - Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
Section126 - Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship
Section127 - Revision of finding or sentence
Section128 - Finding and sentence of a Summary Force Court
Section129 - Transmission of proceedings of Summary Force Court
Section130 - Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases
Section131 - Petition against order, finding or sentence of Force Court
Section132 - Annulment of proceedings
Chapter X Section133 - Execution of sentence of death
Section134 - Commencement of sentence of imprisonment
Section135 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment
Section136 - Temporary custody of convict
Section137 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases
Section138 - conveyance of prisoner from place to place
Section139 - Communication of certain orders officers
Section140 - Recovery of fine
Section141 - Informality or error in order or warrant
Section142 - Pardon and remission
Section143 - Cancellation of conditional pardons, release on parole or remission
Section144 - Suspension of sentence of imprisonment
Section145 - Orders pending suspension of sentence
Section146 - Release on suspension of sentence
Section147 - Computation of period of sentence
Section148 - Order after suspension of sentence
Section149 - Reconsideration of case after suspension of sentence
Section150 - Fresh sentence after suspension
Section151 - Scope of power of suspension of sentence
Section152 - Effect of suspension and remission of sentence on dismissal
Chapter XI Section153 - Powers and duties conferrable on members of the Force
Section154 - Protection for acts of members of the Force
Section155 - Power to make rules
Section156 - Provisions as to existing as to existing Sashastra Seema Bal