| RULE | Army Rules 1954 |
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| | CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY |
| 1. | Short title |
| 2. | Definitions |
| 3. | Reports and applications |
| 4. | Forms in Appendices |
| 5. | Exercise of power vested in holder of military office |
| 6. | Cases unprovided for |
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| | CHAPTER II: ENROLMENT AND ATTESTATION |
| 7. | Enrolling officers |
| 8. | Persons to be attested |
| 9. | Oath or affirmation to be taken on attestation |
| 10. | Transfer from one corps or department to another |
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| | CHAPTER III: DISMISSAL, DISCHARGE, ETC. |
| 11. | Discharge not to be delayed |
| 12. | Discharge Certificate |
| 13. | Authorities empowered to authorise discharge |
| 13-A. | Termination of service of an officer by the Central Government on his failure to qualify at an examination or course |
| 14. | Termination of service by the Central Government on account of misconduct |
| 15. | Termination of service by the Central Government on grounds other than misconduct |
| 15-A. | Release on medical grounds |
| 16. | Release |
| 16-A. | Retirement of officers |
| 16-B. | Retirement of an officer at his own request |
| 16-C. | Registration of Commission |
| 17. | Dismissal or removal by Chief of the Army Staff and by other officers |
| 18. | Date from which retirement, resignation, removal, release, discharge or dismissal otherwise than by sentence of court-martial takes effec |
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| | CHAPTER IV: RESTRICTIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL |
| 19. | Unauthorised organisation |
| 20. | Political and non-military activities |
| 21. | Communications to the press, lectures, etc |
| | CHAPTER V: INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES AND TRIAL BY COURT-MARTIAL INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES AND REMAND FOR TRIAL Power of Commanding Officers
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| 22. | Hearing of Charge |
| 23. | Procedure for taking down the summary of evidence |
| 24. | Remand of accused |
| 25. | Omitted |
| 26. | Summary disposal of charges against officer, Junior Commissioned Officer or Warrant Officer |
| 27. | Delay reports |
| | Framing Charges |
| 28. | Charge-sheet and charge |
| 29. | Commencement of charge-sheet |
| 30. | Contents of charge |
| 31. | Signature on charge-sheet |
| 32. | Validity of charge-sheet |
| | Preparation for defence by accused person |
| 33. | Right of accused to prepare defence |
| 34. | Warning of accused for trial |
| 35. | Joint trial of several accused persons |
| 36. | Suspension of rules on the ground of military exigencies or the necessities of discipline |
| | GENERAL AND DISTRICT COURTS-MARTIAL Convening of Court
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| 37. | Convening of General and District Court-martial |
| 38. | Adjournment for insufficient number of officers |
| 39. | Ineligibility and disqualification of officers for court-martial |
| 40. | Composition of General Court-martial |
| | Procedure at Trial—Constitution of Court |
| 41. | Inquiry by court as to legal constitution |
| 42. | Inquiry by court as to amenability of accused and validity of charge |
| | Procedure at Trial—Challenge and Swearing |
| 43. | Appearance of prosecutor and accused |
| 44. | Proceedings for challenges of members of court |
| 45. | Swearing or affirming of members |
| 46. | Swearing or affirming of judge-advocate and other officers |
| 47. | Persons to administer oaths and affirmations |
| | Prosecution, Defence and Summing-up |
| 48. | Arraignment of accused |
| 49. | Objection by accused to charge |
| 50. | Amendment of charge |
| 51. | Special plea to the jurisdiction |
| 52. | General plea of "Guilty" or "Not Guilty" |
| 53. | Plea in bar |
| 54. | Procedure after plea of "Guilty" |
| 55. | Withdrawal of plea of "Not Guilty" subject to compliance with sub-rules (2) and (4) of rule 52 |
| 56. | Plea of "Not Guilty", application for adjournment, and case for the prosecution |
| 57. | Plea of no Case |
| 58. | Examination of the accused and defence witnesses |
| 59. | Closing addresses |
| 59-A. | Omitted |
| 60. | Summing up by the judge-advocate |
| | Finding and Sentence |
| 61. | Consideration of findings |
| 62. | Form, record and announcement of finding |
| 63. | Procedure on acquittal |
| 64. | Procedure on conviction |
| 65. | Sentence |
| 66. | Recommendation of mercy |
| 67. | Announcement of sentence and signing and transmission of proceedings |
| | Confirmation and Revision |
| 68. | Revision |
| 69. | Review of court-martial proceedings |
| 70. | Confirmation |
| 71. | Promulgation |
| 72. | Mitigation of sentence on partial confirmation |
| 73. | Confirmation notwithstanding informality in or excess of punishment |
| 74. | Member or prosecutor not to confirm proceedings |
| | Proceedings of General and District Court-Martial |
| 75. | Seating of members |
| 76. | Responsibility of presiding officer |
| 77. | Power of court over address of prosecutor and accused |
| 78. | Procedure on trial of accused persons together |
| 79. | Separate charge-sheets |
| 80. | Sitting in closed court |
| 80-A. | Courts-martial to be public |
| 81. | Hours of sitting |
| 82. | Continuity of trial and adjournment of court |
| 83. | Suspension of trial |
| 84. | Proceedings on death or illness of accused |
| 85. | Death, retirement or absence of presiding officer |
| 86. | Presence throughout of all members of court |
| 87. | Taking of opinions of members of court |
| 88. | Procedure on incidental questions |
| 89. | Swearing of court to try several accused persons |
| 90. | Swearing of interpreter and shorthand writer |
| 91. | Evidence when to be translated |
| 92. | Record in proceedings of transactions of court-martial |
| 93. | Custody and inspection of proceedings |
| 94. | Transmission of proceedings after finding |
| | Defending Officer, Friend of Accused and Counsel |
| 95. | Defending officer and friend of accused |
| 96. | Counsel allowed in general and district courts-martial |
| 97. | Requirements for appearance of counsel |
| 98. | Counsel for prosecution |
| 99. | Counsel for accused |
| 100. | General rules as to counsel |
| 101. | Qualifications of counsel |
| | Judge-Advocate |
| 102. | Disqualification of judge-advocate |
| 103. | Invalidity in the appointment of judge-advocate |
| 104. | Substitute on death, illness or absence of judge-advocate |
| 105. | Powers and duties of judge-advocate |
| | Summary Court-martial |
| 106. | Proceedings |
| 107. | Evidence when to be translated |
| 108. | Assembly |
| 109. | Swearing or affirming of court and interpreter |
| 110. | Swearing of court to try several accused persons |
| 111. | Arraignment of accused |
| 112. | Objection by accused to charge |
| 113. | Amendment of charge |
| 114. | Special pleas |
| 115. | General plea of "Guilty" or "Not Guilty" |
| 116. | Procedure after plea of "Guilty" |
| 117. | Withdrawal of plea of "Not Guilty" |
| 118. | Procedure after plea of "Not Guilty" |
| 119. | Witnesses in reply to defence |
| 120. | Verdict |
| 121. | Form and record of finding |
| 122. | Procedure on acquittal |
| 123. | Procedure on conviction |
| 124. | Sentence |
| 125. | Signing of proceedings |
| 126. | Charges in different charge-sheets |
| 127. | Clearing of court |
| 128. | Adjournment |
| 129. | Friend of accused |
| 130. | Memorandum to be attached to proceedings |
| 131. | Promulgation |
| 132. | Promulgation to be deferred in certain circumstances |
| 133. | Review of proceedings |
| | General Provisions Witnesses and Evidence
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| 134. | Calling of all prosecutor's witnesses |
| 135. | Calling of witness whose evidence is not contained in summary |
| 136. | List of witnesses of accused |
| 137. | Procuring attendance of witnesses |
| 138. | Procedure when essential witness is absent |
| 139. | Withdrawal of witnesses from court |
| 140. | Oath or affirmation to be administered to witnesses |
| 141. | Mode of questioning witness |
| 142. | Questions to witnesses by court or judge-advocate |
| 143. | Re-calling of witnesses and calling of witnesses in reply |
| | Addresses |
| 144. | Addresses |
| | Insanity |
| 145. | Finding of insanity |
| | Preservation of Proceedings |
| 146. | Preservation of proceedings |
| 147. | Right of person tried to copies of proceedings |
| 147-A. | Copy of proceedings not to be given in certain cases |
| 148. | Loss of proceedings |
| | Irregular procedure when no injustice is done |
| 149. | Validity of irregular procedure in certain cases |
| | Offences of witnesses and others |
| 150. | Offences of witnesses and others |
| | SUMMARY GENERAL COURTS-MARTIAL |
| 151. | Convening the court and record of proceedings |
| 152. | Charge |
| 153. | Trial of several accused persons |
| 154. | Challenges |
| 155. | Swearing or affirming the court, judge-advocate, etc, |
| 156. | Arraignment |
| 157. | Plea of jurisdiction |
| 158. | Evidence |
| 159. | Defence |
| 160. | Record of the evidence and defence |
| 161. | Finding and sentence |
| 162. | Signing and transmission of proceedings |
| 163. | Adjournment |
| 164. | Application of rules |
| 165. | Evidence of opinion of convening officer |
| | EXECUTION OF SENTENCES |
| 166. | Committal warrants |
| 167. | Warrants under rule 173 |
| 168. | Sentence of cashiering or dismissal |
| 169. | Custody of person under sentence of death |
| 170. | Opportunity for petition against sentence of death |
| 170-A. | Death warrant |
| 170-B. | Execution of sentence of death |
| 171. | Procedure or commutation of sentence of death |
| | Omitted |
| | 172 to 176. Omitted |
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| | CHAPTER VI: COURTS OF INQUIRY |
| 177. | Courts of Inquiry |
| 178. | Members of court not to be sworn or affirmed |
| 179. | Procedure |
| 180. | Procedure when character of a person subject to the Act is involved |
| 181. | Evidences when to be taken on oath or affirmation |
| 182. | Proceedings of court of inquiry not admissible in evidence |
| 183. | Court of inquiry as to illegal absence under rule 106 |
| 184. | Right of certain persons to copies of statements and documents |
| | Losses or Thefts of Arms |
| 185. | Court of inquiry when rifles, etc., are lost or stolen |
| 186. | Collective fines may be imposed |
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| | CHAPTER VII: PRESCRIBED OFFICERS, AUTHORITIES AND OTHER MATTERS |
| 187. | 'Corps' prescribed under rule 3 (vi) |
| 188. | Conditions prescribed under rule 3(xviii)(f) |
| 189. | Prescribed officer under rule 7(1) |
| 190. | Prescribed form under rule 13 |
| 191. | Prescribed officer under rule 78 |
| 192. | Prescribed extent of punishments under rule 80 |
| 193. | Prescribed officer under rules 90 (i) and 91 (i) |
| 194. | Prescribed officer under rule 93 |
| 195. | Prescribed authorities under rule 97 |
| 196. | Prescribed authorities under rules 98 and 99 |
| 197. | Prescribed officer under rule 107(1) |
| 197-A. | Prescribed officer under rule 125 |
| 198. | Prescribed officer under rule 142 |
| 199. | Prescribed manner of custody and prescribed officer under rules 145 and 146 |
| 200. | Prescribed officer under rule 162 |
| 201. | Prescribed officer under rule 164 (2) |
| 202. | Prescribed officer under rule 165 |
| 203. | Prescribed officer under rule 169 |
| 204. | Prescribed officer under rule 179 |
| 205. | Authorised deductions |
