Title : Abetment of Offences Punishable with Death and Not Committed
State : Central
Year : 1968
Any person subject to this Act who abets the commission of any of the offences punishable with death under sections 14, 17 and sub-section (1) of section 18 shall, on conviction by a Security Force Court, if that offence be not committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this Act for the punishment of such abetment, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Minor Punishments
State : Central
Year : 1968
Subject to the provisions of section 54, a commandant or such other officer as is, with the consent of Central Government, specified by the Director-General may, in the prescribed manner, proceed against a person subject to this Act, otherwise than as an officer or a subordinate officer, who is charged with an offence under this Act and award such person, to the extent prescribed, one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,-- (a) imprisonment in Force custody upto twenty-eight days; (b) detention upto twenty-eight days; (c) confinement to the lines upto twenty-eight days; (d) extra guards or duties; (e) deprivation of any special position or special emoluments or any acting rank or reduction to a lower grade of pay; (f) forfeiture of good service and good..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Trial, Etc., of Offender Who Ceases to Be Subject to This Act
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) Where an offence under this Act had been committed by any person while subject to this Act, and he has ceased to be so subject, he may be taken into and kept in Force custody and tried and punished for such offence as if he continued to be so subject. (2) No such person shall be tried for an offence, unless his trial commences within six months after he had ceased to be subject to this Act: Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to the trial of any such person for an offence of desertion or for any of the offences mentioned in section 17 or shall affect the jurisdiction of a criminal court to try any offence triable by such court as well as by a Security Force Court. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Dismissal, Removal or Reduction by the Director-general and by Other Officers
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) The Director-General or any Inspector-General may dismiss or remove from the service or reduce to a lower grade or rank or the ranks any person subject to this Act other than an officer. (2) An officer not below the rank of Deputy Inspector-General or any prescribed officer may dismiss or remove from the service any person under his command other than an officer or a subordinate officer of such rank or ranks as may be prescribed. (3) Any such officer as is mentioned in sub-section (2) may reduce to a lower grade or rank or the ranks any person under his command except an officer or a subordinate officer. (4) The exercise of any power under this section shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and rules. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Fresh Sentence After Suspension
State : Central
Year : 1968
Where an offender, while a sentence on him is suspended under this Act, is sentenced for any other offence, then-- (a) if the further sentence is also suspended under this Act, the two sentences shall run concurrently; (b) if the further sentence is for a period of three months or more and is not suspended under this Act, the offender shall also be committed to prison or Force custody for the unexpired portion of the previous sentence, but both sentences shall run concurrently; and (c) if the further sentence is for a period of less than three months and is not suspended under this Act, the offender shall be so committed on that sentence only, and the previous sentence shall, subject to any order which may be passed under section 134 or section 135 continue to be suspended. 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 : Preliminary
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) This Act may be called the Border Security Force Act, 1968. (2) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. ____________________ 1. Came into force on IstMarch, 1969, videS.0. 732, dated 20th February, 1969, Gazette of India, Extra., Pt. II, Section 3(ii), p.235. Section 2 - Definitions (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..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Miscellaneous
State : Central
Year : 1968
(1) The Central Government may, by general or special order published in the Official Gazette direct that, subject to such conditions and limitations, and within the local limits of such area adjoining the borders of India, as may be specified in the order, any member of the Force may,-- (i) for the purpose of prevention of any offence punishable under the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920 (34 of 1920), the Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939 (16 of 1939) the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946), the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 (7 of 1947), the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), or the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967), or of any cognizable offence punishable under any other Central Act; or punishable under any other Central..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Procedure of Security Force Courts
State : Central
Year : 1968
At every General Security Force Court or Petty Security Force Court, the senior member shall be the Presiding Officer. Section 83 - Law Officer Every General Security Force Court shall, and every Petty Security Force Court may, be attended by a Law Officer, or if no such officer is available, an officer approved by the Chief Law Officer, or a Law Officer. Section 84 - Challenge (1) At all trials by a General Security Force Court or by a Petty Security Force Court, as soon as the court is assembled, the names of the presiding officer and members shall be read over to the accused, who shall thereupon be asked whether he objects to being tried by any officer sitting on the court. (2) If the accused objects to such officer, his objection and also the reply thereto of the officer..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Constitution of the Force and Conditions of Service of the Members 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. Section 5 - Control, direction, etc. (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..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section