Title : Execution of Sentence, Pardons, Remissions, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1968
In awarding a sentence of death, a Security Force Court shall, in its discretion direct the offender shall suffer death by being hanged by the neck until he be dead, or shall suffer death by being shot to death. Section 120 - Commencement of sentence of imprisonment Whenever any person is sentenced by a Security Force Court under this Act to imprisonment, the term of his sentence shall, whether it has been revised or not, be reckoned to commence on the day on which the original proceedings were signed by the presiding officer, or in the case of a Summary Security Force Court, by the court. Section 121 - Execution of sentence of imprisonment (1) Whenever any sentence of imprisonment is passed under this Act by a Security Force Court or whenever any sentence of death is commuted..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Offences
State : Central
Year : 1968
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) shamefully abandons or delivers up any post, place or guard, committed to his charge or which it is his duty to defend; or (b) intentionally uses any means to compel or induce any person subject to this Act or to military, naval or air force law to abstain from acting against the enemy or to discourage such person from acting against the enemy; or (c) in the presence of the enemy, shamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools or equipment or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice; or (d) treacherously holds correspondence with , or communicates intelligence to, the enemy or any person in arms against the Union; or (e) directly or indirectly assists the enemy with money,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Control, Direction, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) The general superintendence, direction and control of the Force shall vest in, and be exercised by, the Central Government and subject thereto and to the provisions of this Act and the rules, the command and supervision of the Force shall vest in an officer to be appointed by the Central Government as the Director-General of the Force. (2) The Director-General shall, in the discharge of his duties under this Act, be assisted by such number of Inspectors-General, Deputy Inspectors-General, Commandants and other officers as may be prescribed by the Central Government. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : The Border Security Force Act, 1968
State : Central
Year : 1968
THE BORDER SECURITY FORCE ACT, 1968 [Act, No. 47 of 1968] [2nd September, 1968] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected therewith. be it enacted by Parliament in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Constitution of the Force
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) There shall be an armed force of the Union called the Border Security Force for ensuring the security of the borders of India. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Force shall be constituted in such manner as may be prescribed and the conditions of service of the members of the Force shall be such as may be prescribed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Provisions as to Existing Border Security Force
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) The Border Security Force in existence at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the Force constituted under this Act. (2) Member of the Border Security Force in existence at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed or as the case may be enrolled as such under this Act. (3) Anything done or any action taken before the commencement of this Act in relation to the constitution of the Border Security Force referred to in sub-section (1), in relation to any person appointed or enrolled, as the case may be, thereto, shall be as valid and as effective in law as if such thing or action was done or taken under this Act: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall render any person guilty of any offence in respect of anything done or omitted to..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Convene a Petty Security Force Court
State : Central
Year : 1968
A Petty Security Force Court may be convened by an officer having power to convene a General Security Force Court or by an officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of any such officer. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Choice Between Criminal Court and Security Force Court
State : Central
Year : 1968
When a Criminal Court and a Security Force Court have each jurisdiction in respect of an offence, it shall be in the discretion of the Director-General, or the Inspector-General or the Deputy Inspector-General within whose command the accused person is serving or such other officer as may be prescribed, to decide before which court the proceedings shall be instituted, and, if that officer decides that they shall be instituted before a Security Force Court, to direct that the accused person shall be detained in Force custody. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Oaths of Member, Law Officer and Witness
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) An oath or affirmation in the prescribed manner shall be administered to every member of every Security Force Court and to the Law Officer or as the case may be the officer approved under section 83, before the commencement of the trial. (2) Every person giving evidence before a Security Force Court shall be examined after being duly sworn or affirmed in the prescribed form. (3) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall not apply where the witness is a child under twelve years of age and the Security Force Court is of opinion that though the witness understands the duty of speaking the truth, he does not understand the nature of an oath or affirmation. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Order for Disposal of Property Regarding Which Offence is Committed
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) After the conclusion of a trial before any Security Force Court, the court or the officer confirming the finding or sentence of such Security Force Court, or any authority superior to such officer, or, in the case of a Summary Security Force Court whose finding or sentence does not require confirmation, an officer not below the rank of Deputy Inspector-General within whose command the trial was held, may make such order as it or he thinks fit for the disposal by destruction, confiscation, delivery to any person claiming to be entitled to possession thereof, or otherwise, of any property or document produced before the court or in its custody, or regarding which any offence appears to have been committed or which has been used for the commission of any offence. (2) Where any order..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section