Bare ActsThe Army Act, 1950

Section 90

Deductions from pay and allowances of officers

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Deductions from pay and allowances of officers. The following penal deductions may be made from the pay and allowances of an officer, that is to say,- (a) all pay and allowances due to an officer for every day he absents himself without leave, unless a satisfactory explanation has been given to his commanding officer and has been approved by the Central Government; (b) all pay and allowances for every day while he is in custody or under suspension from duty on a charge for an offence for which he is afterwards convicted by a criminal court or a court- martial or by an officer exercising authority under section 83 or section 84; (c) any sum required to make good the pay of any person subject to this Act which he has unlawfully retained or unlawfully refused to pay; (d) any sum required to make good such compensation for any expenses, loss, damage or destruction occasioned by the commission of an offence as may be determined by the court- martial by whom he is convicted of such offence, or by an officer exercising authority under section 83 or section 84 (e) all pay and allowances ordered by a court- martial 1[ to be forfeited or stopped; (f) any sum required to pay a fine awarded by a criminal court or a court- martial exercising jurisdiction under section 69;

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