Title : Pay and Allowances of Prisoner of War During Inquiry into His Conduct
State : Central
Year : 2007
Where the conduct of any person subject to this Act when being taken prisoner by, or while in the hands of, the enemy, is to be inquired into under this Act or any other law, the Director-General or any officer authorised by him may order that the whole or any part of the pay and allowances of such person shall be withheld pending the result of such inquiry. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Custody of Offenders
State : Central
Year : 2007
(1) Any person subject to this Act who is charged with any offence may be taken into Force custody under the order of any superior officer. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), an officer may order into Force custody any other officer, though such other officer may be of a higher rank, if he engages in a quarrel, affray or disorder. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Duty of Commanding Officer in Regard to Detention
State : Central
Year : 2007
(1) It shall be the duty of every commanding officer to take care that a person under his command when charged with an offence is not detained in custody for more than forty-eight hours after the committal of such person into custody is reported to him, without the charge being investigated, unless investigation in the prescribed procedure, within that period seems to him to be impracticable having regard to the public service. (2) The case of every person being detained in custody beyond a period of forty-eight hours, and the reasons therefor, shall be reported by the commanding officer to the next higher officer or such other officer to whom an application may be made to convene a Force Court for the trial of the person charged. (3) In reckoning the period of forty-eight hours..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Arrest by Civil Authorities
State : Central
Year : 2007
Whenever any person, subject to this Act, who is accused of an offence under this Act, is within the jurisdiction of any magistrate or police officer, such magistrate or police officer shall aid in the apprehension and delivery to Force custody of such person upon receipt of a written application to that effect signed by his commanding officer or an officer authorised by the commanding officer in that behalf. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Capture of Deserters
State : Central
Year : 2007
(1) Whenever any person subject to this Act deserts, the commanding officer of the unit to which he belongs or is attached, shall give information of the desertion to such civil authorities as, in his opinion, may be able to afford assistance towards the capture of the deserter; and such authorities shall thereupon take steps for the apprehension of the said deserter in like manner as if he were a person for whose apprehension a warrant had been issued by a magistrate, and shall deliver the deserter, when apprehended, into Force custody. (2) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person reasonably believed to be subject to this Act, and to be a deserter or to be travelling without authority, and shall bring him without delay before the nearest magistrate, to be dealt with..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Inquiry into Absence Without Leave
State : Central
Year : 2007
(1) When any person subject to this Act has been absent from duty without due authority for a period of thirty days, a court of inquiry shall, as soon as practicable, be appointed by such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed; and such court shall, on oath or affirmation administered in the prescribed manner, inquire in respect of the absence of the person, and the deficiency, if any, in the property of the Government entrusted to his care, or in any arms, ammunition, equipment, instruments, clothing or accessories; and if satisfied of the fact of such absence without due authority or other sufficient cause, the court shall declare such absence and the period thereof and the said deficiency, if any, and the commanding officer of the unit to which the person belongs or is..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Dissolution of a Force Court
State : Central
Year : 2007
(1) If a Force Court after the commencement of a trial is reduced below the minimum number of officers required by this Act, it shall be dissolved. (2) If, on account of the illness of the concerned Judge Attorney or, as the case may be, Deputy Judge Attorney-General or Additional Judge Attorney-General or of the accused before the finding, it is impossible to continue the trial, the Force Court shall be dissolved. (3) The authority or officer who convened a Force Court may dissolve the same if it appears to him that the exigencies of the service or necessities of discipline render it impossible or inexpedient to continue the said Force Court. (4) Where a Force Court is dissolved under this section, the accused may be tried again. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Powers of a Petty Force Court
State : Central
Year : 2007
A Petty Force Court shall have the power to try any person subject to this Act other than an officer or a subordinate officer for any offence made punishable thereunder and to pass any sentence authorised by this Act other than a sentence of death or imprisonment for a term exceeding two years. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Place of Trial, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 2007
(1) Any person subject to this Act who commits any offence under this Act may be tried and punished for such offence at any place, (2) The persons by whom an accused may be defended in a trial and appearance of such persons thereat may be as prescribed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : General Rule as to Evidence
State : Central
Year : 2007
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872,(1 of 1872) shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, apply to all proceedings before a Force Court. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section