Border Security Force Act, 1968

Bare Act · 1968

An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected therewith.

Act number: 47 of 1968
Enacted: 2 September 1968
Contents: 143 sections · 11 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 III — Offences

Section 14 – Offences in relation to the enemy and punishable with death (preview)
Section 15 – Offences in relation to the enemy and not punishable with death (preview)
Section 16 – Offences punishable more severly on active duty than at other times (preview)
Section 17 – Mutiny (preview)
Section 18 – Desertion and aiding desertion (preview)
Section 19 – Absence without leave (preview)
Section 20 – Striking or threatening superior officers (preview)
Section 21 – Disobedience to superior officer (preview)
Section 22 – Insubordination and obstruction (preview)
Section 23 – False answers on enrolment (preview)
Section 24 – Certain forms of disgraceful conduct (preview)
Section 25 – Ill-treating a subordinate (preview)
Section 26 – Intoxication (preview)
Section 27 – Permitting escape of person in custody (preview)
Section 28 – Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement (preview)
Section 29 – Escape from custody (preview)
Section 30 – Offences in respect of property (preview)
Section 31 – Extortion and corruption (preview)
Section 32 – Making away with equipment (preview)
Section 33 – Injury to property (preview)
Section 34 – False accusations (preview)
Section 35 – Falsifying official documents and false declarations (preview)
Section 36 – Signing in blank and failure to report (preview)
Section 37 – Offences relating to Security Force Court (preview)
Section 38 – False evidence (preview)
Section 39 – Unlawful detention of pay (preview)
Section 40 – Violation of good order and discipline (preview)
Section 41 – Miscellaneous offences (preview)
Section 42 – Attempt (preview)
Section 43 – Abetment of offences that have been committed (preview)
Section 44 – Abetment of offences punishable with death and not committed (preview)
Section 45 – Abetment of offences punishable with imprisonment and not committed (preview)
Section 46 – Civil offences (preview)
Section 47 – Civil offences not triable by a Security Force Court (preview)

Chapter IV — Punishments

Section 48 – Punishments awardable by Security Force Courts (preview)
Section 49 – Alternative punishments awardable by Security Force Courts (preview)
Section 50 – Combination of punishments (preview)
Section 51 – Retention in the Force of a person convicted on active duty (preview)
Section 53 – Minor punishments (preview)
Section 54 – Limit of punishments under section 53 (preview)
Section 55 – Punishment of persons of and below the rank of subordinate officers by Deputy Inspectors-General and others (preview)
Section 56 – Collective fines (preview)

Sections

Chapter VIII — Confirmation And Revision

Chapter IX

Section 119 – Form of sentence of death (preview)
Section 120 – Commencement of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 121 – Execution of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 121A – Period of custody undergone by a person to be set-off against the imprisonment (preview)
Section 122 – Temporary custody of offender (preview)
Section 123 – Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases (preview)
Section 124 – Conveyance of prisoner from place to place (preview)
Section 125 – Communication of certain orders to prison officers (preview)
Section 126 – Execution of sentence of fine (preview)
Section 128 – Pardon and remission (preview)
Section 129 – Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission (preview)
Section 130 – Suspension of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 131 – Orders pending suspension (preview)
Section 132 – Release on suspension (preview)
Section 133 – Computation of period of suspension (preview)
Section 134 – Order after suspension (preview)
Section 135 – Reconsideration of case after suspension (preview)
Section 136 – Fresh sentence after suspension (preview)
Section 137 – Scope of power of suspension (preview)
Section 138 – Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal (preview)

Chapter X — Miscellaneous

Section 139 – Powers and duties conferrable and imposable on members of the Force (preview)
Section 140 – Protection for acts of members of the Force (preview)
Section 141 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 142 – Provisions as to existing Border Security Force (preview)

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