SECTIONS | Air Force Act, 1950 |
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| Preamble |
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| CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY |
1. | Short title, extent and commencement |
2. | Persons subject to this Act |
3. | Termination of application of the Act |
4. | Definitions |
| CHAPTER II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF ACT IN CERTAIN CASES
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5. | Application of Act to certain forces under the Central Government |
6. | Special provision as to rank in certain cases |
7. | Commanding officer of persons subject to air force law under clause (d) of section 2 |
8. | Officer exercising powers in certain cases |
9. | Power to declare persons to be on active service |
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| CHAPTER III: COMMISSION, APPOINTMENT AND ENROLMENT |
10. | Commission and appointment |
11. | Ineligibility of aliens for enrolment |
12. | Ineligibility of females for enrolment or employment |
13. | Procedure before enrolling officer |
14. | Mode of enrolment |
15. | Validity of enrolment |
16. | Persons to be attested |
17. | Mode of attestation |
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| CHAPTER IV: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE |
18. | Tenure of service under the Act |
19. | Termination of service by Central Government |
20. | Dismissal, removal or reduction by Chief of the Air Staff and other officers |
21. | Power to modify certain fundamental rights in their application to persons subject to this Act |
22. | Retirement, release or discharge |
23. | Certificate on termination of service |
24. | Discharge or dismissal when. out of India |
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| CHAPTER V: SERVICE PRIVILEGES |
25. | Authorised deductions only to be made from pay |
26. | Remedy of aggrieved airman |
27. | Remedy of aggrieved officers |
28. | Immunity from attachment |
29. | Immunity from arrest for debt |
30. | Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest |
31. | Privileges or reservists |
32. | Priority in respect of Air Force personnel's litigation |
33. | Saving of rights and privileges under other laws |
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| CHAPTER VI: OFFENCES |
34. | Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death |
35. | Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death |
36. | Offences punishable more severely on active service than at other times |
37. | Mutiny |
38. | Desertion and aiding desertion |
39. | Absence without leave |
40. | Striking or threatening superior officer |
41. | Disobedience to superior officer |
42. | Insubordination and obstruction |
43. | Fraudulent enrolment |
44. | False answers on enrolment |
45. | Unbecoming conduct |
46. | Certain forms of disgraceful conduct |
47. | III-treating a subordinate |
48. | Intoxication |
49. | Permitting escape of person in custody |
50. | Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement |
51. | Escape from custody |
52. | Offences in respect of property |
53. | Extortion and corruption |
54. | Making away with equipment |
55. | Inquiry to property |
56. | False accusation |
57. | Falsifying official documents and false declaration |
58. | Signing in blank and failure to report |
59. | Offences relating to court-martial |
60. | False evidence |
61. | Unlawful detention of pay |
62. | Offences in relation to aircraft and flying |
63. | Other offences relating to aircraft and flying |
64. | Disobedience of lawful command of captain of aircraft |
65. | Violation of good order and air force discipline |
66. | Miscellaneous offences |
67. | Attempt |
68. | Abetment of offences that have been committed |
69. | Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed |
70. | Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed |
71. | Civil offences |
72. | Civil offences not triable by court-martial |
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| CHAPTER VII: PUNISHMENTS |
73. | Punishments awardable by courts-martial |
74. | Alternative punishment awardable by court-martial |
75. | Combination of punishments |
76. | Cashiering of officers |
77. | Field punishment |
78. | Position of field punishment in scale of punishments |
79. | Result of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer or a non-commissioned officer |
80. | Retention in the ranks of a person convicted on active service |
81. | Punishments otherwise than by court-martial |
82. | Punishment of persons other than officers and warrant officers |
83. | Requirement of sanction in certain cases |
84. | Limit of punishments under section 82 |
85. | Punishments in addition to those specified in section 82 |
86. | Punishment of officers and warrant officers |
87. | Transmission of proceedings |
88. | Review of proceedings |
89. | Superior Air Force authority |
90. | Collective fines |
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| CHAPTER VIII: PENAL DEDUCTIONS |
91. | Deduction from pay and allowances of officers |
92. | Deductions from pay and allowances of airmen |
93. | Computation of time of absence or custody |
94. | Pay and allowances during trial |
95. | Limit of certain deductions |
96. | Deduction from public money due to a person |
97. | Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct |
98. | Remission of deductions |
99. | Provision for dependents of prisoner of war from remitted deductions |
100. | Provision for dependents of prisoner of war from his pay and allowances |
101. | Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war |
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| CHAPTER IX: ARREST AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL |
102. | Custody of offenders |
103. | Duty of commanding officer in regard to detention |
104. | Interval between commital and court-martial |
105. | Arrest by civil authorities |
106. | Capture of deserters |
107. | Inquiry into absence without leave |
108. | Provost-marshals |
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| CHAPTER X: COURTS-MARTIAL |
109. | Different kinds of courts-martial |
110. | Power to convene a general court-martial |
111. | Power to convene a district court-martial |
112. | Contents of warrants issued under sections 110 and 111 |
113. | Power to convene a summary general court-martial |
114. | Composition of general court-martial |
115. | Composition of district court-martial |
116. | Composition of summary general court-martial |
117. | Dissolution of court-martial |
118. | Powers of general and summary general courts-martial |
119. | Powers of district court-martial |
120. | Prohibition on second trialS |
121. | Period of limitation for trial |
122. | Liability of off6der who ceases to be subject to Act |
123. | Place of trial |
124. | Choice between criminal court and court-martial |
125. | Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender |
126. | Successive trials by a criminal court and a court-martial |
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| CHAPTER XI: PROCEDURE OF COURTS-MARTIAL |
127. | Presiding officer |
128. | Judge advocate |
129. | Challenges |
130. | Oaths of member, Judge advocate and witness |
131. | Voting by members |
132. | General rule as to evidence |
133. | Judicial notice |
134. | Summoning witnesses |
135. | Documents exempted from production |
136. | Commissions for examination of witnesses |
137. | Examination of a witness on commission |
138. | Conviction of offence not charged |
139. | Presumption as to signatures |
140. | Enrolment paper |
141. | Presumption as to certain documents |
142. | Reference by accused to Government officer |
143. | Evidence of previous convictions and general character |
144. | Lunacy of accused |
145. | Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial |
146. | Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 145 |
147. | Release of lunatic accused |
148. | Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives |
149. | Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial |
150. | Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed |
151. | Powers of courts-martial when certain offences are committed by persons not subject to this Act |
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| CHAPTER XII: CONFIRMATION AND REVISION |
152. | Finding and sentence not valid unless confirmed |
153. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial |
154. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial |
155. | Limitation of powers of confirming authority |
156. | Power to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court-martial |
157. | Powers of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences |
158. | Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship |
159. | Revision of finding or sentence |
160. | Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases |
161. | Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial |
162. | Annulment of proceedings |
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| CHAPTER XIII: EXECUTION OF SENTENCES |
163. | Form of sentence of death |
164. | Commencement of sentence of transportation or imprisonment |
165. | Execution of sentence of transportation |
166. | Execution of sentence of imprisonment |
167. | Temporary custody of offender |
168. | Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases |
169. | Conveyance of prison from place to place |
170. | Execution of sentence of detention |
171. | Communication of certain order to prison officers |
172. | Execution of sentence of fine |
173. | Establishment and regulation of air force prisons |
174. | Informality or error in the order or warrants |
175. | Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners |
176. | Restriction of rule-making power in respect to corporal punishment |
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| CHAPTER XIV: PARDONS, REMISSIONS AND SUSPENSIONS |
177. | Pardon and remission |
178. | Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission |
179. | Reduction of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer |
180. | Suspension of sentence of transportation, imprisonment or detention |
181. | Orders pending suspension |
182. | Release on Suspension |
183. | Computation of period of suspension |
184. | Order after suspension |
185. | Reconsideration of case after Suspension |
186. | Fresh sentence after suspension |
187. | Scope of power of suspension |
188. | Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal |
189. | Power to make rules |
190. | Powers to make regulations |
191. | Publication of rules and regulations in Gazette |
191-A. | Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament |
192. | Repeal |
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| CHAPTER XVI: TRANSITORY PROVISIONS |
193. | Definition of "British officer" |
194. | Power of British officer |