TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted1950

Army Act, 1950 Section 53

Extortion and Corruption

Section Text


Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,--

(a) commits extortion; or

(b) without proper authority exacts from any person money, provisions or service,

shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.