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Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 138

Title : Effect of Suspension and Remission on Dismissal

State : Central

Year : 1968

(1) Where in addition to any other sentence the punishment of dismissal has been awarded by a Security Force Court, and such other sentence is suspended under section 130, then, such dismissal shall not take effect until so ordered by the authority or officer specified in section 130. (2) If such other sentence is remitted under section 134, the punishment of dismissal shall also be remitted. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 2

Title : Definitions

State : Central

Year : 1968

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "active duty", in relation to a person subject to this Act, means any duty as a member of the Force during the period in which such person is attached to, or forms part of, a unit of the Force-- (i) which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (ii) which is operating at a picket or engaged on patrol or other guard duty along the borders of India, and includes duty by such person during any period declared by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette as a period of active duty with reference to any area in which any person or class of persons subject to this Act may be serving; (b) "battalion" means a unit of the Force constituted as a battalion by the Central Government; (c) "Chief Law..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 15

Title : Offences in Relation to the Enemy and Not Punishable with Death

State : Central

Year : 1968

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) is taken prisoner or captured by the enemy, by want of due precaution or through disobedience of orders, or wilful neglect of duty, or having been taken prisoner or so captured fails to rejoin his service when able to do so; or (b) without due authority holds correspondence with, or communicates intelligence to, the enemy or any person in league with the enemy or having come by the knowledge of any such correspondence or communication, wilfully omits to discover it immediately to this Commandant or other superior officer, shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or such less punishment as is in this..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 16

Title : Offences Punishable More Severely on Active Duty Than at Other Times

State : Central

Year : 1968

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) forces a safeguard, or forces or uses criminal force to a sentry; or (b) breaks into any house or other place in search of plunder; or (c) being a sentry sleeps upon his post, or is intoxicated; or (d) without orders from his superior officer leaves his guard, picket, patrol or post; or (e) intentionally or through neglect occasions a false alarm in camp or quarters, or spreads or causes to be spread reports calculated to create unnecessary alarm or despondency; or (f) makes known the parole, watchword or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it; or knowingly gives a parole, watchword or countersign different from what he received, shall, on conviction by a Security..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 23

Title : False Answers on Enrolment

State : Central

Year : 1968

Any person having become subject to this Act who is discovered to have made at the time of enrolment a wilfully false answer to any question set forth in the prescribed form of enrolment which has been put to him by the enrolling officer before whom he appears for the purpose of being enrolled, shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 24

Title : Certain Forms of Disgraceful Conduct

State : Central

Year : 1968

Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,-- (a) is guilty of any disgraceful conduct of a cruel, indecent or unnatural kind; or (b) malingers, or feigns, or produces disease or infirmity in himself or intentionally delays his cure or aggravates his disease or infirmity; or (c) with intent to render himself or any other person unfit for service, voluntarily causes hurt to himself or that person, shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, 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

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 26

Title : Intoxication

State : Central

Year : 1968

Any person subject to this Act who is found in a state of intoxication, whether on duty or not, shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 29

Title : Escape from Custody

State : Central

Year : 1968

Any person subject to this Act, who, being in lawful custody, escapes or attempts to escape, shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 31

Title : Extortion and Corruption

State : Central

Year : 1968

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 a Security Force Court, 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

Border Security Force Act, 1968 Section 32

Title : Making Away with Equipment

State : Central

Year : 1968

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 a Security Force Court, 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 in either case such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section


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