Act Info:Preamble1 - ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL ACT 2007
Chapter I
Section1 - Short title and Commencement
Section2 - Applicability of the Act
Section3 - Definitions
Chapter II
Section4 - Establishment of Armed Forces Tribunal
Section5 - Composition of Tribunal and Benches thereof
Section6 - Qualification for appointment of Chairperson and other Members
Section7 - Appointment of Chairperson and other Members
Section8 - Term of office
Section9 - Resignation and removal
Section10 - Salaries allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and other Members
Section11 - Prohibitions as to holding of offices, etc., by Chairperson of Member on ceasing to be such Chairperson or Member
Section12 - Financial and administrative powers of Chairperson
Section13 - Staff of the Tribunal
Chapter III
Section14 - Jurisdiction powers and authority in service matters
Section15 - Jurisdiction powers and authority in matters of appeal against court martial
Section16 - Re-trial
Section17 - Power of the Tribunal on appeal under section 15
Section18 - Cost
Section19 - Power to punish for contempt
Section20 - Distribution of business among the Benches
Chapter IV
Section21 - Application not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted
Section22 - Limitation
Section23 - Procedure and power of the Tribunal
Section25 - Term of sentence land its effect on appeal
Section26 - Condition as to make of interim order
Section27 - Power of Chairperson to transfer cases from one Bench to another
Section28 - Decision to be by majority
Section29 - Execution of order of Tribunal
Chapter V
Section30 - Appeal to Supreme Court
Section31 - Leave to appeal
Section32 - Condonation
Chapter VI
Section33 - Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil cases
Section34 - Transfer of pending cases
Section35 - Provision for filing of certain appeals
Section36 - Proceeding before Tribunal to be Judicial Proceedings
Section37 - Members and staff of tribunal to be public servants
Section38 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section39 - Act to have overriding effect
Section40 - Power to remove difficulties
Section41 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section42 - Power to make rules retrospectively
Section43 - Laying of rules