Act Info:Preamble1 - NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD ACT, 1986
Chapter I
Section1 - Short title and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Persons subject to this Act
Chapter II
Section4 - Constitution of the Security Guard
Section5 - Control, direction, etc.
Section6 - Liability for service outside India
Section7 - Resignation and withdrawal from the post
Section8 - Tenure of service under the Act
Section9 - Termination of service by Central Government
Section10 - Dismissal, removal or reduction by the Director-General and by other officers
Section11 - Certificate of termination of service
Section12 - Restrictions respecting right to form association, freedom of speech, etc.
Section13 - Remedy of aggrieved persons other than officers
Section14 - Remedy of aggrieved officers
Chapter III
Section15 - Offences in relation to the terrorists and other persons in arms against the Union and punishable with death
Section16 - Offence 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 officer
Section21 - Disobedience to superior officer
Section22 - Assault and obstruction
Section23 - Certain forms of disgraceful conduct
Section24 - Ill-treating a subordinate
Section25 - Drunkenness
Section26 - Permitting escape of person in custody
Section27 - Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement
Section28 - Escape from custody
Section29 - Offences in respect of property
Section30 - Extortion and exaction
Section31 - Making away with equipment
Section32 - Injury to property
Section33 - False accusations
Section34 - Falsifying official documents and false declarations
Section35 - False declaration on appointment
Section36 - Offences relating to Security Guard Court
Section37 - False evidence
Section38 - Unlawful detention of pay
Section39 - Unbecoming conduct
Section40 - Violation of good order and discipline
Section41 - Miscellaneous offences
Section42 - Attempt
Section43 - Abetment of offences that have been committed
Section44 - Abetment of offences that have not been committed
Section45 - Civil offences
Section46 - Civil offences not triable by a Security Guard Court
Chapter IV
Section47 - Punishments awardable by Security Guard Courts
Section48 - Alternative punishments awardable by Security Guard Courts
Section49 - Combination of punishments
Section50 - Punishments otherwise than by Security Guard Courts
Section51 - Minor punishments
Section52 - Limit of punishments under section 51
Section53 - Punishment of officers of or below the rank of Squadron Commanders by officers not below the rank of Inspectors-General
Section54 - Punishment of persons of the rank of Assistant Commander
Chapter V
Section55 - Custody of offenders
Section56 - Duty of Commander in regard to detention
Section57 - Interval between committal and trial
Section58 - Arrest by civil authorities
Section59 - Capture of deserters
Section60 - Inquiry into absence without leave
Chapter VI
Section61 - Kinds of Security Guard Courts
Section62 - Power to convene a General Security Guard Court
Section63 - Power to convene a Petty Security Guard Court
Section64 - Contents of warrants issued under sections 62 and 63
Section65 - Composition of General Security Guard Court
Section66 - Composition of a Petty Security Guard Court
Section67 - Summary Security Guard Court
Section68 - Dissolution of a Security Guard Court
Section69 - Powers of a General Security Guard Court
Section70 - Powers of a Petty Security Guard Court
Section71 - Powers of a Summary Security Guard Court
Section72 - Prohibition of second trial
Section73 - Period of limitation for trial
Section74 - Trial, etc., of offender who ceases to be subject to this Act
Section75 - Application of Act during term of sentence
Section76 - Place of trial
Section77 - Choice between Criminal Court and Security Guard Court
Section78 - Power of Criminal Court to require delivery of offender
Chapter VII
Section79 - Presiding Officer
Section80 - Judge Attorneys, etc.
Section81 - Challenges
Section82 - Oaths of members, Judge Attorney and witness
Section83 - Voting by members
Section84 - General rule as to evidence
Section85 - Judicial notice
Section86 - Summoning witnesses
Section87 - Documents exempted from production
Section88 - Commissions for examination of witnesses
Section89 - Examination of witness on commission
Section90 - Conviction of offence not charged
Section91 - Presumption as to signatures
Section92 - Appointment paper
Section93 - Presumption as to certain documents
Section94 - Reference by accused to Government officer
Section95 - Evidence of previous convictions and general character
Section96 - Lunacy of accused
Section97 - Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
Section98 - Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 97
Section99 - Release of lunatic accused
Section100 - Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
Section101 - Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
Section102 - Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
Section103 - Powers of Security Guard Court in relation to proceedings under the Act
Chapter VIII
Section104 - Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed
Section105 - Power to confirm finding and sentence of General Security Guard Court
Section106 - Power to confirm finding and sentence of Petty Security Guard Court
Section107 - Limitation of powers of confirming authority
Section108 - Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences
Section109 - Revision of finding or sentence
Section110 - Finding and sentence of a Summary Security Guard Court
Section111 - Transmission of proceedings of Summary Security Guard Court
Section112 - Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases
Section113 - Remedy against order, finding or sentence of Security Guard Court
Section114 - Annulment of proceedings
Chapter IX
Section115 - Form of sentence of death
Section116 - Commencement of sentence of imprisonment
Section117 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment
Section118 - Temporary custody of offender
Section119 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases
Section120 - Conveyance of prisoner from place to place
Section121 - Communication of certain orders to prison officers
Section122 - Execution of sentence of fine
Section123 - Informality or error in the order or warrant
Section124 - Pardon and remission
Section125 - Cancellation of conditions pardon, release on parole or remission
Section126 - Suspension of sentence of imprisonment
Section127 - Orders pending suspension
Section128 - Release on suspension
Section129 - Computation of period of suspension
Section130 - Order after suspension
Section131 - Reconsideration of case after suspension
Section132 - Fresh sentence after suspension
Section133 - Scope of power of suspension
Section134 - Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal
Chapter X
Section135 - Rank structure
Section136 - Deduction from pay and allowances
Section137 - Powers and duties conferable and imposable on members of the Security Guard
Section138 - Protection for acts of members of the Security Guard
Section139 - Power to make rules
Section140 - Provisions as to existing National Security Guard