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