CourtMesh

Section 126: Suspension of sentence of imprisonment

The National Security Guard Act, 1986Central Act · Act 47 of 1986

(1) Where a person subject to this Act is sentenced by a Security Guard Court to imprisonment, the Central Government, the Director-General or any officer empowered to convene a General Security Guard Court may suspend the sentence whether or not the offender has already been committed to prison or to Security Guard custody.

(2) The authority or officer specified in sub-section (1) may, in the case of an offender so sentenced, direct that until the orders of such authority or officer have been obtained the offender shall not be committed to prison or to Security Guard custody.

(3) The powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) may be exercised in the case of any such sentence which has been confirmed, reduced or commuted.

Where this provision sits

ActThe National Security Guard Act, 1986
Section126
Marginal noteSuspension of sentence of imprisonment
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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 account

Need this as data, not as a page? The National Security Guard Act, 1986 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.