Title : Execution of Sentence of Imprisonment in Special Cases
State : Central
Year : 1950
Whenever, in the opinion of an officer commanding an army, army corps, division or independent brigade, any sentence or portion of a sentence of imprisonment, cannot for special reasons, conveniently be carried out in a military prison or in military custody in accordance with the provisions of section 169 such officer may direct that such sentence or portion of sentence shall be carried out by confinement in any civil prison or other fit place. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 1950
( 1) This Act may be called the Army Act, 1950. ( 2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf. ____________________ 1 . Came into force on 22 - 7 - 1950 . Vide S.R.O. 120. d ated 22 nd July, 1950 , published in the Gazelle of India, Pt. II, See. 4 , p. 86 . View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Mode of Attestation
State : Central
Year : 1950
(1) When a person who is to be attested is reported fit for duty, or has completed the prescribed period of probation, an oath or affirmation shall be administered to him in the prescribed form by his commanding officer in front of this corps or such portion thereof or such members of his department as may be present, or by any other prescribed person. (2) The form of oath or affirmation prescribed under this section shall contain a promise that the person to be attested will bear true allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, and that he will serve in the regular Army and go wherever he is ordered by land, sea or air, and that he will obey all commands of any officer set over him, even to the peril of his life. (3) The fact of an enrolled person having taken..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Priority in respect of army personnel's litigation
State : Central
Year : 1950
(1) On the presentation to any court by or on behalf of any person subject to this Act of a certificate from the proper military authority of leave of absence having been granted to or applied for by him for the purpose of prosecuting or defending any suit or other proceeding in such court, the court shall, on the application of such person, arrange, so far as may be possible, for the hearing and final disposal of such suit or other proceeding within the period of the leave so granted or applied for. (2) The certificate from the proper military authority shall state the first and last day of the leave for intended leave, and set forth a description of the case with respect to which the leave was granted or applied for. (3) No lee shall be payable to the court in respect of the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Subsequent Fitness of Lunatic Accused for Trial
State : Central
Year : 1950
Where any accused person, having been found by reason of unsoundness of mind to be incapable of making his defence, is in custody or under detention under section 145, the officer commanding the army, army corps, division or brigade within the area of whose command the accused is in custody or is detained, or any other officer prescribed in this behalf, may-- (a) if such person is in custody under sub-section (4) of section 145, on the report of a medical officer that he is capable of making his defence; or (b) if such person is detained in a jail under sub-section (5) of section 145. on a certificate of the Inspector General of Prisons, and if such person is detained in a lunatic asylum under the said sub-section on a certificate of any two or more of the visitors of such asylum..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Remedy of Aggrieved Officers
State : Central
Year : 1950
Any officer who deems himself wronged by his commanding officer or any superior officer and who on due application made to his commanding officer does not receive the redress to which he considers himself entitled, may complain to the Central Government in such manner as may from time to time be specified by the proper authority. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Retention in the Ranks of a Person Convicted on Active Service
State : Central
Year : 1950
When, on active service, any enrolled person has been sentenced by a court-martial to dismissal, or to transportation or imprisonment whether combined with dismissal or not, the prescribed officer may direct that such person may be retained to serve in the ranks, and such service shall be reckoned as part of his term of transportation or imprisonment, if any. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Superior Military Authority
State : Central
Year : 1950
For the purpose of sections86 and 87, a"superior military authority" means-- (a)in (he case of punishments awarded by a commandingofficer, any officer superior in command to such commanding officer; (b)in the case of punishments awarded by any other authority, the CentralGovernment, 1 [the Chief of the Army Staff] or otherofficer specified by 1 [the Chief of the Army Staff]. _____________________ 1.Substituted by Act 19 of 1955,sec. 2 and Sch., for "theCommander-in-Chief". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Convene a General Court-martial
State : Central
Year : 1950
A general court-martial may be convened by the Central Government of1[the Chief of the Army Staff] or by any officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of1[the Chief of the Army Staff]. _____________________ 1 . Substituted b y Act 19 of 1955 , sec. 2 and Sch., for "the Commander-in-Chief." View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Convene a District Court-martial
State : Central
Year : 1950
A district court-martial may be convened by an officer having power to convene a general court-martial or by officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of any such officer. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section