The Army Act, 1950
Central Act · Act 46 of 1950192 provisions105 citing judgments
The enactment
| Long title | An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Government of the regular Army. |
|---|---|
| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 46 of 1950 |
| Year | 1950 |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Ministry | Ministry of Defence |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 192 |
| Subjects | defence |
Full text, provision by provision
Every provision below opens in full, free and without an account.
- Section 1 Short title and commencement.
- Section 2 Persons subject to this Act.1 citing judgment
- Section 3 Definitions.4 citing judgments
- Section 4 Application of Act to certain forces under Central Government.
- Section 6 Special provision as to rank in certain cases.1 citing judgment
- Section 7 Commanding officer of persons subject to military law under clause (i) of section 2.1 citing judgment
- Section 8 Officers exercising powers in certain cases.2 citing judgments
- Section 9 Power to declare persons to be on active service.3 citing judgments
- Section 11 Ineligibility of aliens for enrolment.
- Section 12 Ineligibility of females for enrolment or employment.1 citing judgment
- Section 13 Procedure before enrolling officer.
- Section 14 Mode of enrolment.
- Section 15 Validity of enrolment.
- Section 16 Persons to be attested.
- Section 17 Mode of attestation.
- Section 18 Tenure of service under the Act.1 citing judgment
- Section 19 Termination of service by Central Government.
- Section 20 Dismissal, removal or reduction by the Chief of the Army Staff and by other officers.
- Section 21 Power to modify certain fundamental rights in their application to persons subject to this Act.2 citing judgments
- Section 22 Retirement, release or discharge.
- Section 23 Certificate on termination of service.
- Section 24 Discharge or dismissal when out of India.
- Section 25 Authorised deductions only to be made from pay.
- Section 26 Remedy of aggrieved persons other than officers.
- Section 27 Remedy of aggrieved officers.
- Section 28 Immunity from attachment.
- Section 29 Immunity from arrest for debt.
- Section 30 Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest.
- Section 31 Privileges of reservists.3 citing judgments
- Section 32 Priority in respect of army personnel‟s litigation.
- Section 33 Saving of rights and privileges under other laws.
- Section 34 Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death.1 citing judgment
- Section 35 Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death.1 citing judgment
- Section 36 Offences punishable more severely on active service than at other times.1 citing judgment
- Section 37 Mutiny.1 citing judgment
- Section 38 Desertion and aiding desertion.1 citing judgment
- Section 39 Absence without leave.2 citing judgments
- Section 40 Striking or threatening superior officers.2 citing judgments
- Section 41 Disobedience to superior officer.2 citing judgments
- Section 42 Insubordination and obstruction.1 citing judgment
- Section 43 Fraudulent enrolment.1 citing judgment
- Section 44 False answers on enrolment.2 citing judgments
- Section 45 Unbecoming conduct.4 citing judgments
- Section 46 Certain forms of disgraceful conduct.1 citing judgment
- Section 47 Ill-treating a subordinate.1 citing judgment
- Section 48 Intoxication.1 citing judgment
- Section 49 Permitting escape of person in custody.1 citing judgment
- Section 50 Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement.1 citing judgment
- Section 51 Escape from custody.1 citing judgment
- Section 52 Offences in respect of property.3 citing judgments
- Section 53 Extortion and corruption.1 citing judgment
- Section 54 Making away with equipment.1 citing judgment
- Section 55 Injury to property.1 citing judgment
- Section 56 False accusations.1 citing judgment
- Section 57 Falsifying official documents and false declaration.1 citing judgment
- Section 58 Signing in blank and failure to report.1 citing judgment
- Section 59 Offences relating to courts-martial.2 citing judgments
- Section 60 False evidence.1 citing judgment
- Section 61 Unlawful detention of pay.1 citing judgment
- Section 62 Offences in relation to aircraft and flying.1 citing judgment
- Section 63 Violation of good order and discipline.5 citing judgments
- Section 64 Miscellaneous offences.1 citing judgment
- Section 65 Attempt.1 citing judgment
- Section 66 Abetment of offences that have been committed.1 citing judgment
- Section 67 Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed.1 citing judgment
- Section 68 Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed.1 citing judgment
- Section 69 Civil offences.8 citing judgments
- Section 70 Civil offence not triable by court-martial.4 citing judgments
- Section 71 Punishments awardable by courts-martial.3 citing judgments
- Section 72 Alternative punishments awardable by court-martial.1 citing judgment
- Section 73 Combination of punishments.1 citing judgment
- Section 74 Cashiering of officers.
- Section 75 [Omitted.].
- Section 76 [Omitted.].
- Section 77 Result of certain punishments in the case of a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer.
- Section 78 Retention in the ranks of a person convicted on active service.
- Section 79 Punishments otherwise than by court-martial.
- Section 80 Punishment of persons other than officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers.
- Section 81 Limit of punishments under section 80.
- Section 82 Punishments in addition to those specified in section 80.
- Section 83 Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by brigade commanders and others.
- Section 84 Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by area commanders and others.
- Section 85 Punishment of junior commissioned officers.
- Section 86 Transmission of proceedings.
- Section 87 Review of proceedings.
- Section 88 Superior military authority.
- Section 89 Collective fines.
- Section 90 Deductions from pay and allowances of officers.1 citing judgment
- Section 91 Deductions from pay and allowances of persons other than officers.
- Section 92 Computation of time of absence or custody.
- Section 93 Pay and allowances during trial.
- Section 94 Limit of certain deductions.
- Section 95 Deduction from public money due to a person.
- Section 96 Pay and allowances of prisoner of war during inquiry into his conduct.
- Section 97 Remission of deductions.
- Section 98 Provision for dependants of prisoner of war from remitted deductions.
- Section 99 Provision for dependants of prisoner war from his pay and allowances.
- Section 100 Period during which a person is deemed to be a prisoner of war.
- Section 101 Custody of offenders.
- Section 102 Duty of commanding officer in regard to detention.
- Section 103 Interval between committal and court-martial.
- Section 104 Arrest by civil authorities.
- Section 105 Capture of deserters.
- Section 106 Inquiry into absence without leave.1 citing judgment
- Section 107 Provost-marshals.
- Section 108 Kinds of courts-martial.
- Section 109 Power to convene a general court-martial.
- Section 110 Power to convene a district court-martial.
- Section 111 Contents of warrants issued under sections 109 and 110.
- Section 112 Power to convene a summary general court-martial.
- Section 113 Composition of general court-martial.
- Section 114 Composition of district court-martial.
- Section 115 Composition of summary general court-martial.
- Section 116 Summary court-martial.
- Section 117 Dissolution of courts-martial.
- Section 118 Powers of general and summary general courts-martial.
- Section 119 Powers of district courts-martial.
- Section 120 Powers of summary courts-martial.1 citing judgment
- Section 121 Prohibition of second trial.
- Section 122 Period of limitation for trial.3 citing judgments
- Section 123 Liability of offender who ceases to be subject to Act.4 citing judgments
- Section 124 Place of trial.
- Section 125 Choice between criminal court and court-martial.1 citing judgment
- Section 126 Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender.1 citing judgment
- Section 128 Presiding officer.
- Section 129 Judge advocate.
- Section 130 Challenges.
- Section 131 Oaths of member, judge advocate and witness.
- Section 132 Voting by members.
- Section 133 General rule as to evidence.
- Section 134 Judicial notice.
- Section 135 Summoning witnesses.1 citing judgment
- Section 136 Documents exempted from production.
- Section 137 Commissions for examination of witnesses.
- Section 138 Examination of a witness on commission.
- Section 139 Conviction of offence not charged.
- Section 140 Presumption as to signatures.
- Section 141 Enrolment paper.
- Section 142 Presumption as to certain documents.
- Section 143 Reference by accused to Government officer.1 citing judgment
- Section 144 Evidence of previous convictions and general character.
- Section 145 Lunacy of accused.
- Section 146 Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial.
- Section 147 Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 146.1 citing judgment
- Section 148 Release of lunatic accused.1 citing judgment
- Section 149 Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives.
- Section 150 Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial.
- Section 151 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed.
- Section 152 Powers of court-martial in relation to proceedings under this Act.
- Section 153 Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed.
- Section 154 Power to confirm finding and sentence of general court-martial.
- Section 155 Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court-martial.
- Section 156 Limitation of powers of confirming authority.
- Section 157 Power to confirm finding and sentence of summary general court-martial.
- Section 158 Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences.
- Section 159 Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship.
- Section 160 Revision of finding or sentence.
- Section 161 Finding and sentence of a summary court-martial.
- Section 162 Transmission of proceedings of summary court-martial.
- Section 163 Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases.
- Section 164 Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial.2 citing judgments
- Section 165 Annulment of proceedings.1 citing judgment
- Section 166 Form of sentence of death.
- Section 167 Commencement of sentence of transportation or imprisonment.
- Section 168 Execution of sentence of transportation.
- Section 169 Execution of sentence of imprisonment.
- Section 169A Period of custody undergone by the officer or person to be set off against the imprisonment.
- Section 170 Temporary custody of offender.
- Section 171 Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases.
- Section 172 Conveyance of prisoner from place to place.
- Section 173 Communication of certain orders to prison officers.
- Section 174 Execution of sentence of fine.
- Section 175 Establishment and regulation of military prisons.
- Section 176 Informality or error in the order or warrant.
- Section 177 Power to make rules in respect of prisons and prisoners.
- Section 178 Restriction of rulemaking power in regard to corporal punishment.
- Section 179 Pardon and remission.1 citing judgment
- Section 180 Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission.
- Section 181 Reduction of warrant officer or non-commissioned officer.
- Section 182 Suspension of sentence of transportation or imprisonment.
- Section 183 Orders pending suspension.
- Section 184 Release on suspension.
- Section 185 Computation of period of suspension.
- Section 186 Order after suspension.
- Section 187 Reconsideration of case after suspension.
- Section 188 Fresh sentences after suspension.
- Section 189 Scope of power of suspension.
- Section 190 Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal.
- Section 191 Power to make rules.
- Section 192 Power to make regulations.
- Section 193 Publication of rules and regulations in Gazette.
- Section 193A Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.
Find the provision, not just read it
The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:
- Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
- Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
- Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
- Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you
Free account. No card. About a minute to create.
Create a free accountNeed this as data, not as a page? The Army Act, 1950 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.