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Army Act, 1950 Section 52

Title : Offences in Respect of Property

State : Central

Year : 1950

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) commits theft of any property belonging to the Government, or to any military, naval or air force mess, band or institution, or to any person subject to military, naval or air force law; or (b) dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use any such property; or (c) commits criminal breach of trust in respect of any such property; or (d) dishonestly receives or retains any such property in respect of which any of the offences under clauses (a), (b) and (c) has been committed, knowing or having reason to believe the commission of such offence; or (e) wilfully destroys or injures any property of the Government entrusted to him; or (f) does any other thing with intent to..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 53

Title : Extortion and Corruption

State : Central

Year : 1950

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. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 54

Title : Making Away with Equipment

State : Central

Year : 1950

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) makes away with, or is concerned in making away with, any arms, ammunition, equipment, instruments, tools, clothing or any other thing being the property of the Government issued to him for his use or entrusted to him; or (b) loses by neglect anything mentioned in clause (a); or (c) sells, pawns, destroys or defaces any medal or decoration granted to him, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend in the case of the offences specified in clause (a) to ten years, and in the case of the offences specified in the other clauses to five years, or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 57

Title : Falsifying Official Documents and False Declaration

State : Central

Year : 1950

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) in any report, return, list, certificate, book or other document made or signed by him, or of the contents of which it is his duty to ascertain the accuracy, knowingly makes, or is privy to the making of any false or fraudulent statement; or (b) in any document of the description mentioned in clause (a) knowingly makes, or is privy to the making of, any omission, with intent to defraud; or (c) knowingly and with intent to injure any person, or knowingly and with intent to defraud, suppresses, defaces, alters or makes away with any documents which it is his duty to preserve or produce; or (d) where it is his official duty to make a declaration respecting any matter, knowingly makes a..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 58

Title : Signing in Blank and Failure to Report

State : Central

Year : 1950

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) when signing any document relating to pay, arms, ammunition, equipment, clothing, supplies or stores, or any property of the Government fraudulently leaves in blank any material part for which his signature is a voucher; or (b) refuses or by culpable neglect omits to make or send a report or return which it is his duty to make or send, shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 59

Title : Offences Relating to Courts-martial

State : Central

Year : 1950

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) being duly summoned or ordered to attend as a witness before a court-martial, wilfully or without reasonable excuse, makes default in attending; or (b) refuses to take an oath or make an affirmation legally required by a court-martial to be taken or made; or (c) refuses to produce or deliver any document in his power or control legally required by a court-martial to be produced or delivered by him; or (d) refuses when a witness to answer any question which he is by law bound to answer; or (e) is guilty of contempt of court-martial by using insulting or threatening language, or by causing any interruption or disturbance in the proceedings of such court, shall, on conviction by..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 61

Title : Unlawful Detention of Pay

State : Central

Year : 1950

Any officer, junior commissioned officer, warrant officer or non-commissioned officer who, having received the pay of a person subject to this Act unlawfully detains or refuses to pay the same when due, 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. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 77

Title : Result of Certain Punishments in the Case of a Warrant Officer or Non-commissioned Officer

State : Central

Year : 1950

A warrant officer or a non-commissioned officer sentenced by acourt-martial to transportation, imprisonment 1 [***] or dismissal from theservice, shall be deemed to be reduced to the ranks. ___________________ 1. Thewords "field punishment" omitted by Act 37 of 1992,sec. 3 (w.e.f. 6-9-1992). View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 79

Title : Punishments Otherwise Than by Court-martial

State : Central

Year : 1950

Punishments may also be inflicted in respect of offences committed by persons subject to this Act without the intervention of a court-martial and in the manner stated in sections 80, 83, 84 and 85. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Army Act, 1950 Section 93

Title : Pay and Allowances During Trial

State : Central

Year : 1950

In the case of any person subject to this Act who is in custody or under suspension from duty on a charge for an offence, the prescribed officer may direct that the whole or any part of the pay and allowances of such person shall be withheld, pending the result of his trial on the charge against him, in order to give effect to the provisions of clause (b) of sections 90 and 91. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section


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