(a) no person shall be treated as absent or in custody for a day unless the absence or custody has lasted, whether wholly in one day, or partly in one day and partly in another, for six consecutive hours or upwards;
(b) any absence or custody for less than a day may be reckoned as absence or custody for a day if such absence or custody prevented the absence from fulfilling any air force duty which was thereby thrown upon some other person;
(c) absence or custody for twelve consecutive hours or upwards may be reckoned as absence or custody for the whole of each day during any portion of which the person was absent or in custody;
(d) a period of absence, or imprisonment, which commences before and ends after midnight may be reckoned as a day.
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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.