Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007

Bare Act · 2007

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: 53 of 2007
Enacted: 20 December 2007
Contents: 156 sections · 12 chapters

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Chapter 1 — Preliminary

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

Chapter V — Deductions From Pay And Allowances

Chapter VI — Arrest And Proceedings Before Trial

Section 69 – Custody of offenders (preview)
Section 70 – Duty of commanding officer in regard to detention (preview)
Section 71 – Interval between committal and trial (preview)
Section 72 – Arrest by civil authorities (preview)
Section 73 – Capture of deserters (preview)
Section 74 – Inquiry into absence without leave (preview)
Section 75 – Force Police Officers (preview)

Chapter VII — Force Courts

Section 76 – Kinds of Force Courts (preview)
Section 77 – Power to convene a General Force Court (preview)
Section 78 – Power to convene a Petty Force Court (preview)
Section 79 – Warrants issued under sections 77 and 78 (preview)
Section 80 – Composition of a General Force Court (preview)
Section 81 – Composition of a Petty Force Court (preview)
Section 82 – Summary Force Court (preview)
Section 83 – Dissolution of a Force Court (preview)
Section 84 – Powers of a General Force Court (preview)
Section 85 – Powers of a Petty Force Court (preview)
Section 86 – Powers of a Summary Force Court (preview)
Section 87 – Prohibition of second trial (preview)
Section 88 – Period of limitation for trial (preview)
Section 89 – Trial, etc., of offender who ceases to be subject to this Act (preview)
Section 90 – Application of Act during term of sentence (preview)
Section 91 – Place of trial, etc (preview)
Section 92 – Choice between criminal court and Force Court (preview)
Section 93 – Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender (preview)

Chapter VIII — Procedure Of Force Courts

Section 94 – Presiding officer (preview)
Section 95 – Judge Attorneys (preview)
Section 96 – Objections (preview)
Section 97 – Oath of members, Judge Attorneys and witnesses (preview)
Section 98 – Voting by members (preview)
Section 99 – General rule as to evidence (preview)
Section 100 – Judicial notice (preview)
Section 101 – Summoning of witnesses (preview)
Section 102 – Documents exempted from production (preview)
Section 103 – Commission for examination of witnesses (preview)
Section 104 – Examination of a witness on commission (preview)
Section 105 – Conviction for offences not charged (preview)
Section 106 – Presumption as to signatures (preview)
Section 107 – Enrolment paper (preview)
Section 108 – Presumption as to certain documents (preview)
Section 109 – Reference by accused to Government officer (preview)
Section 110 – Evidence of previous convictions and general character (preview)
Section 111 – Lunacy of accused (preview)
Section 112 – Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial (preview)
Section 113 – Transmission to Central Government of order under section 112 (preview)
Section 114 – Release of lunatic accused (preview)
Section 115 – Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives (preview)
Section 116 – Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial (preview)
Section 117 – Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed (preview)
Section 118 – Powers of Force Court in relation to proceedings under this Act (preview)
Section 119 – Tender of pardon to accomplices (preview)
Section 120 – Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon (preview)

Chapter IX — Confirmation And Revision Of Proceedings

Chapter X

Section 133 – Execution of sentence of death (preview)
Section 134 – Commencement of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 135 – Execution of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 136 – Temporary custody of convict (preview)
Section 137 – Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases (preview)
Section 138 – Conveyance of prisoner from place to place (preview)
Section 139 – Communication of certain orders to prison officers (preview)
Section 141 – Informality or error in order or warrant (preview)
Section 142 – Pardon and remission (preview)
Section 143 – Cancellation of conditional pardons, release on parole or remission (preview)
Section 144 – Suspension of sentence of imprisonment (preview)
Section 145 – Orders pending suspension of sentence (preview)
Section 146 – Release on suspension of sentence (preview)
Section 147 – Computation of period of sentence (preview)
Section 148 – Order after suspension of sentence (preview)
Section 149 – Reconsideration of case after suspension of sentence (preview)
Section 150 – Fresh sentence after suspension (preview)
Section 151 – Scope of power of suspension of sentence (preview)
Section 152 – Effect of suspension and remission of sentence on dismissal (preview)

Chapter XI — Miscellaneous

Section 153 – Powers and duties conferrable and imposable on members of the Force (preview)
Section 154 – Protection for acts of members of the Force (preview)
Section 155 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 156 – Provisions as to existing Sashastra Seema Bal (preview)