Assam Rifles Act, 2006

Bare Act · 2006

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the governance of the Assam Rifles, an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India, to carry out Counter Insurgency Operations in the specified areas and to act in aid of civil authorities for the maintenance of the law and order and for matters connected therewith.

Act number: 47 of 2006
Enacted: 3 November 2006
Contents: 168 sections · 13 chapters

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Chapter I — Preliminary

Chapter II — Constitution Of The Force And Conditions Of Service Of The Members Of The Force

Chapter V — Punishments

Chapter VI — Penal Deductions

Chapter VII — Arrest And Proceedings Before Trial

Section 79 – Custody of offenders (preview)
Section 80 – Duty of Commandant in regard to detention (preview)
Section 81 – Interval between committal and trial (preview)
Section 82 – Arrest by civil authorities (preview)
Section 83 – Capture of deserters (preview)
Section 84 – Inquiry into absence without leave (preview)
Section 85 – Force Police Officers (preview)

Chapter VIII — Assam Rifles Courts

Section 86 – Kinds of Assam Rifles Courts (preview)
Section 87 – Power to convene a General Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 88 – Power to convene a Petty Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 89 – Contents of warrants issued under sections 87 and 88 (preview)
Section 90 – Composition of General Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 91 – Composition of a Petty Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 92 – Summary Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 93 – Dissolution of an Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 94 – Power of General Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 95 – Power of a Petty Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 96 – Power of a Summary Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 97 – Prohibition of second trial (preview)
Section 98 – Period of limitation for trial (preview)
Section 99 – Trial, etc., of offender who ceases to be subject to this Act (preview)
Section 100 – Application of this Act during term of sentence (preview)
Section 101 – Place of trial (preview)
Section 102 – Choice between criminal court and Assam Rifles Court (preview)
Section 103 – Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender (preview)

Chapter IX — Procedure Of Assam Rifles Courts

Section 104 – Presiding officer (preview)
Section 105 – Law Officer (preview)
Section 106 – Challenges (preview)
Section 107 – Oath of member, Law Officer and witness (preview)
Section 108 – Voting by members (preview)
Section 109 – General rule as to evidence (preview)
Section 110 – Judicial notice (preview)
Section 111 – Summoning of witness (preview)
Section 112 – Documents exempted from production (preview)
Section 113 – Commission for examination of witness (preview)
Section 114 – Examination of witness on commission (preview)
Section 115 – Conviction of offences not charged (preview)
Section 116 – Presumption as to signatures (preview)
Section 117 – Enrolment paper (preview)
Section 118 – Presumption as to certain documents (preview)
Section 119 – Reference by accused to Government officer (preview)
Section 120 – Evidence of previous convictions and general character (preview)
Section 121 – Lunacy of accused (preview)
Section 122 – Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial (preview)
Section 123 – Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 122 (preview)
Section 124 – Release of lunatic accused (preview)
Section 125 – Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives (preview)
Section 126 – Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial (preview)
Section 127 – Order of disposal of property regarding which offences is committed (preview)
Section 128 – Powers of Assam Rifles Court in relation to proceedings under this Act (preview)

Chapter X — Confirmation And Revision

Chapter XI

Section 141 – Form of sentence of death (preview)
Section 142 – Commencement of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 143 – Execution of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 144 – Temporary custody of offender (preview)
Section 145 – Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases (preview)
Section 146 – Conveyance of prisoner form place to place (preview)
Section 147 – Communication of certain orders to prison officers (preview)
Section 148 – Execution of sentence of fine (preview)
Section 149 – Informality or error in order or warrant (preview)
Section 150 – Pardon and remission (preview)
Section 151 – Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission (preview)
Section 152 – Suspension of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 153 – Orders pending suspension (preview)
Section 154 – Release on suspension (preview)
Section 155 – Computation of period of suspension (preview)
Section 156 – Order after suspension (preview)
Section 157 – Reconsideration of case after suspension (preview)
Section 158 – Fresh sentence after suspension (preview)
Section 159 – Scope of power of suspension (preview)
Section 160 – Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal (preview)

Chapter XII — Miscellaneous

Section 161 – Disposal of property of the members of the Force (preview)
Section 162 – Powers and duties conferrable and imposable on members of the Force (preview)
Section 163 – Protection for acts of members of the Force (preview)
Section 164 – Power of Central Government to remove difficulties (preview)
Section 165 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 166 – Power to make regulations (preview)
Section 167 – Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament (preview)
Section 168 – Repeal and savings (preview)