Subject to the provisions of section 84, a commanding officer or such other officer as is, with the consent of the Central Government, specified by 1[the Chief of the Air Staff], may, in the prescribed manner, proceed against a person subject to this Act otherwise than as an officer or warrant officer who is charged with an offence under this Act and award such person, to the extent prescribed, one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,--
(a) detention up to twenty-eight days;
(b) confinement to the camp up to fourteen days;
(c) extra guards or duties not exceeding three in number:
(d) deprivation of acting rank;
(e) forfeiture of badge pay;
(f) severe reprimand or reprimand;
(g) fine up to fourteen days' pay in any one month;
(h) penal deductions under clause
(g) of section 92;
(i) admonition;
(j) any prescribed field punishment up to twenty-eight days, in the case of a person on active service.
(a) detention up to twenty-eight days;
(b) confinement to the camp up to fourteen days;
(c) extra guards or duties not exceeding three in number:
(d) deprivation of acting rank;
(e) forfeiture of badge pay;
(f) severe reprimand or reprimand;
(g) fine up to fourteen days' pay in any one month;
(h) penal deductions under clause
(g) of section 92;
(i) admonition;
(j) any prescribed field punishment up to twenty-eight days, in the case of a person on active service.
Source footnotes
1. Subs by Act 19 of 1955, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the Commander-in Chief" (w.e.f. 7-5-1955).आगे पढ़ें / Continue reading
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Section 1 · Short title and commencement.Section 2 · Persons subject to this Act.Section 3 · Termination of application of the Act.Section 4 · Definitions.Section 5 · Application of Act to certain forces under the Central Government.Section 6 · Special provision as to rank in certain cases.Section 7 · Commanding Officer of person subject to Air Force law under clause (d) of section 2.Section 8 · Officers exercising powers in certain cases.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 13 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.