Title : Execution of Sentence of Transportation
State : Central
Year : 1950
Whenever any sentence of transportation is passed under this Act or whenever any sentence of death is commuted to transportation, the commanding officer of the person under sentence or such other officer as may be prescribed shall forward a warrant in the prescribed form to the officer in charge of the civil prison in which such person is to be confined and shall arrange for his despatch to such prison with the warrant. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Communication of Certain Orders to Prison Officers
State : Central
Year : 1950
Whenever an order is duly made under this Act setting aside or varying any sentence, order or warrant under which any person is confined in a civil or military prison, a warrant in accordance with such order shall be forwarded by the officer making the order or his staff officer or such other person as may be prescribed to the officer in charge of the prison in which such person is confined. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Establishment and Regulation of Military Prisons
State : Central
Year : 1950
The Central Government may set apart any building or part of a building, or any place under its control, as a military prison for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment under this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Make Rules in Respect of Prisons and Prisoners
State : Central
Year : 1950
The Central Government may make rules providing-- (a) for the government, management and regulation of military prisons; (b) for the appointment, removal and powers of inspectors, visitors, governors and officers thereof; (c) for the labour of prisoners undergoing confinement therein, and for enabling persons to earn, by special industry and good conduct, a remission of a portion of their sentence; (d) for the safe custody of prisoners and the maintenance of discipline among them and the punishment, by personal correction, restraint or otherwise, of offences committed by prisoners; (e) for the application to military prisons of any of the provisions of the Prisons Act, 1894 (9 of 1894), relating to the duties of officers of prisons and the punishment of persons not being..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1950
In (his Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (i) "active service", as applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person-- (a) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (b) is engaged in military operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy, or (c) is attached to or forms part of a force which is in military occupation of a foreign country; (ii) "civil offence" means an offence which is triable by a criminal court; (iii) "civil prison" means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894 (9 of 1894), or under any other law for the time being in force; 1 [(iv) "Chief of the Army..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Remedy of Aggrieved Persons Other Than Officers
State : Central
Year : 1950
(1) Anyperson subject to this Act other than an officer who deems himselfwronged by any superior or other officer may, if notattached to a troop or company, complain to the officer under whose command or orders heis serving; and may, if attached to a troop or company, complain to the officercommanding the same. (2) When theofficer complained against is the officer to whom any complaint should,under sub-section (I), be preferred, the aggrieved personmay complain to such officer's next superior officer. (3) Everyofficer receiving any such complaint shall make as complete aninvestigation into it as may be possible for giving full redress to thecomplainant; or, when necessary, refer the complaint to superior authority. (4) Everysuch complaint shall be preferred in such manner as may..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Combination of Punishments
State : Central
Year : 1950
A sentence of a court-martial may award in addition to, or without any one other punishment, the punishment specified in clause (d) or clause (e) of section 71 and any one or more of the punishments specified in clauses (f) to (1) of that section. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishment of Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers by Brigade Commanders and Others
State : Central
Year : 1950
An officer having power not less than a brigade, or an equivalent commander or such other officer as is, with the consent of the Central Government specified by1[the Chief of the Army Staff] may, in the prescribed manner, proceed against an officer below the rank of a field officer, a junior commissioned officer or a warrant officer, who is charged with an offence under this Act, and award one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,-- (a) severe reprimand or reprimand; (b) stoppage of pay and allowances until any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence of which he is convicted is made good. ______________________ 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 : Punishment of Officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers by Area Commanders and Others
State : Central
Year : 1950
An officer having power not less than an area commander or an equivalent commander or an officer empowered to convene a general court-martial or such other officer as is, with the consent of the Central Government, specified by1[the Chief of the Army Staff] may, in the prescribed manner, proceed against an officer below the rank of lieutenant-colonel, a junior commissioned officer or a warrant officer, who is charged with an offence under this Act, and award one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,-- (a) forfeiture of seniority, or in the case of any of them whose promotion depends upon length of service, forfeiture of service for the purpose of promotion for a period not exceeding twelve months, but subject to the right of the accused previous to the award to elect..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Transmission of Proceedings
State : Central
Year : 1950
In every case in which punishment has been awarded under any of the sections 83, 84 and 85, certified true copies of the proceedings shall be forwarded, in the prescribed manner, by the officer awarding the punishment, to a superior military authority as defined in section 88. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section