Act Info:Preamble1 - THE BORDER SECURITY FORCE ACT, 1968
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 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.
Chapter III
Section14 - Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death
Section15 - Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death
Section16 - Offences punishable more severely on active duty than at other times
Section17 - Mutiny
Section18 - Desertion and aiding desertion
Section19 - Absence without leave
Section20 - Striking or threatening superior officers
Section21 - Disobedience to superior officer
Section22 - Insubordination and obstruction
Section23 - False answers on enrolment
Section24 - Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
Section25 - Ill-treating a subordinate
Section26 - Intoxication
Section27 - Permitting escape of person in custody
Section28 - Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
Section29 - Escape from custody
Section30 - Offences in respect of property
Section31 - Extortion and corruption
Section32 - Making away with equipment
Section33 - Injury to property
Section34 - False accusations
Section35 - Falsifying official documents and false declarations
Section36 - Signing in blank and failure to report
Section37 - Offences relating to Security Force Court
Section38 - False evidence
Section39 - Unlawful detention of pay
Section40 - Violation of good order and discipline
Section41 - Miscellaneous offences
Section42 - Attempt
Section43 - Abetment of offences that have been committed
Section44 - Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed
Section45 - Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed
Section46 - Civil offences
Section47 - Civil offences not triable by a Security Force Court
Chapter IV
Section48 - Punishments awardable by Security Force Courts
Section49 - Alternative punishments awardable by Security Force Courts
Section50 - Combination of punishments
Section51 - Retention in the Force of a person convicted on active duty
Section52 - Punishments otherwise than by Security Force Courts
Section53 - Minor punishments
Section54 - Limit of punishments under section 53
Section55 - Punishment of persons of and below the rank of subordinate officers by Deputy Inspectors-General and others
Section56 - Collective fines
Chapter V
Section57 - Custody of offenders
Section58 - Duty of commandant in regard to detention
Section59 - Interval between committal and trial
Section60 - Arrest by civil authorities
Section61 - Capture of deserters
Section62 - Inquiry into absence without leave
Section63 - Force police officers
Chapter VII
Section64 - Kinds of Security Force Courts
Section65 - Power to convene a General Security Force Court
Section66 - Power to convene a Petty Security Force Court
Section67 - Contents of warrants issued under sections 65 and 66
Section68 - Composition of General Security Force Court
Section69 - Composition of a Petty Security Force Court
Section70 - Summary Security Force Court
Section71 - Dissolution of a Security Force Court
Section72 - Powers of a General Security Force Court
Section73 - Powers of a Petty Security Force Court
Section74 - Powers of a Summary Security Force Court
Section75 - Prohibition of second trial
Section76 - Period of limitation for trial for an offence of desertion in certain cases
Section77 - Trial, etc., of offender who ceases to be subject to this Act
Section78 - Application of Act during term of sentence
Section79 - Place of trial
Section80 - Choice between criminal court and Security Force Court
Section81 - Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender
Chapter VII
Section82 - Presiding Officer
Section83 - Law Officer
Section84 - Challenge
Section85 - Oaths of member, Law Officer and witness
Section86 - Voting by members
Section87 - General rule as to evidence
Section88 - Judicial notice
Section89 - Summoning witnesses
Section90 - Documents exempted from production
Section91 - Commissions for examination of witnesses
Section92 - Examination of witness on commission
Section93 - Conviction of offence not charged
Section94 - Presumption as to signatures
Section95 - Enrolment paper
Section96 - Presumption as to certain documents
Section97 - Reference by accused to Government Officer
Section98 - Evidence of previous convictions and general character
Section99 - Lunacy of accused
Section100 - Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
Section101 - Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 100
Section102 - Release of lunatic accused
Section103 - Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
Section104 - Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
Section105 - Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
Section106 - Powers of Security Force Court in relation to proceedings under this Act
Chapter VIII
Section107 - Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed
Section108 - Power to confirm finding and, sentence of General Security Force Court
Section109 - Power to confirm finding and sentence of Petty Security Force Court
Section110 - Limitation of powers of confirming authority
Section111 - Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
Section112 - Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship
Section113 - Revision of finding or sentence
Section114 - Finding and sentence of a Summary Security Force Court
Section115 - Transmission of proceedings of Summary Security Force Courts
Section116 - Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases
Section117 - Remedy against order, finding or sentence of Security Force Court
Section118 - Annulment of proceedings
Chapter IX
Section119 - Form of sentence of death
Section120 - Commencement of sentence of imprisonment
Section121 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment
Section121A - Period of Custody undergone by a person to be set-off against the imprisonment
Section122 - Temporary custody of offender
Section123 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases
Section124 - Conveyance of prisoner from place to place
Section125 - Communication of certain orders to prison officers
Section126 - Execution of sentence of fine
Section127 - Informality or error in the order or warrant
Section128 - Pardon and remission
Section129 - Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission
Section130 - Suspension of sentence of imprisonment
Section131 - Orders pending suspension
Section132 - Release on suspension
Section133 - Computation of period of suspension
Section134 - Order after suspension
Section135 - Reconsideration of case after suspension
Section136 - Fresh sentence after suspension
Section137 - Scope of power of suspension
Section138 - Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal
Chapter X
Section139 - Powers and duties conferable and imposable on members of the Force
Section140 - Protection for acts of members of the Force
Section141 - Power to make rules
Section142 - Provisions as to existing Border Security Force