Title : Oaths of Member, Judge Attorney and Witness
State : Central
Year : 1992
(1) An oath or affirmation in the prescribed manner shall be administered to every member of the Force Court and to the Judge Attorney, or, as the case may be, the Deputy Judge Attorney-General or the Additional Judge Attorney-General or the officer approved under section 95, before the commencement of the trial. (2) Every person giving evidence before a 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 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 : Voting by Members
State : Central
Year : 1992
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), every decision of a Force Court shall be passed by an absolute majority of votes; and where there is an equality of votes on either the finding or the sentence, the decision shall be in favour of the accused. (2) No sentence of death shall be passed by a General Force Court without the concurrence of at least two-thirds of the members of the Court. (3) In matters, other than a challenge or the finding or sentence, the presiding officer shall have a casting vote. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Judicial Notice
State : Central
Year : 1992
A Force Court may take judicial notice of any matter within the general knowledge of the members as officers of the Force. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Order for Disposal of Property Regarding Which Offence is Committed
State : Central
Year : 1992
(1) After the conclusion of a trial before any Force Court, the Court or the officer confirming the finding or sentence of such Force Court, or any authority superior to such officer, or, in the case of a Summary Force Court whose finding or sentence does not require confirmation, an officer not below the rank of Additional 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 has been made..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Trial of Person Not Complying with Conditions of Pardon
State : Central
Year : 1992
(1) Where, in regard to a person who has accepted a tender of pardon made under section 119, the Judge Attorney, or as the case may be, the Deputy Judge Attorney-General, or the Additional Judge Attorney-General or the officer approved under section 95, certifies that in his opinion such person has, either by wilfully concealing anything essential or by giving false evidence, not complied with the conditions on which the tender was made, such person may be tried for the offence in respect of which the pardon was so tendered or for any other offence of which he appears to have been guilty in connection with the same matter, and also for the offence of giving false evidence : Provided that such person shall not be tried jointly with any of the other accused. (2) Any statement made by..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Confirm Finding and Sentence of General Force Court
State : Central
Year : 1992
The findings and sentences of General Force Courts may be confirmed by the Central Government or by any officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of the Central Government. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Confirm Finding and Sentence of Petty Force Court
State : Central
Year : 1992
The findings and sentences of a Petty Force Court may be confirmed by an officer having power to convene a General Force Court or by any officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of such officer. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Revision of Finding or Sentence
State : Central
Year : 1992
(1) Any finding or sentence of a Force Court which requires confirmation may be once revised by order of the confirming authority and on such revision, the Court, if so directed by the confirming authority, may take additional evidence. (2) The Court, on revision, shall consist of the same officers as were present when the original decision was passed unless any of those officers are unavoidably absent. (3) In case of such unavoidable absence the cause thereof shall be duly certified in the proceedings, and the Court proceed with the revision, provided that, if a General Force Court, if still consists of five officers, or, if a Petty Force Court, of three officers. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Finding and Sentence of a Summary Force Court
State : Central
Year : 1992
The finding and sentence of a Summary Force Court shall not require to be confirmed, but may be carried out forthwith. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Transmission of Proceedings of Summary Force Court
State : Central
Year : 1992
The proceedings of every Summary Force Court shall, without delay be forwarded to the officer not below the rank of Additional Deputy Inspector-General within whose command the trial was held, or to the prescribed officer, and such officer, or the Director-General or any officer empowered by him in this behalf may, for reasons based on the merits of the case, but not on merely technical grounds, set aside the proceedings, or reduce the sentence to any other sentence which the Court might have passed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section