AN ACT to provide for the adjudication or trial by Armed Forces Tribunal of disputes and complaints with respect to commission, appointments, enrolment and conditions of service in respect of persons subject to the Army Act, 1950, the Navy Act, 1957 and the Air Force Act 1950 and also to provide for appeals arising out of orders, findings or sentences of court martial held under the said Acts and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY
Section 1 : Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint.
Section 2 of AFT Act 2007 - Applicability of the Act
Section 3 of AFT Act 2007 - Definitions
CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT OF TRIBUNAL AND BENCHES THEREOF
Section 4 of AFT Act 2007 - Establishment of Armed Forces Tribunal
Section 5 of AFT Act 2007 - Composition of Tribunal and Benches thereof
Section 6 of AFT Act 2007 - Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson and other Members
Section 7 of AFT Act 2007 - Appointment of Chairperson and other Members
Section 8 of AFT Act 2007 - Term of office
Section 9 of AFT Act 2007 - Resignation and removal
Section 12 of AFT Act 2007 - Financial and administrative powers of Chairperson
Section 13 of AFT Act 2007 - Staff of the Tribunal
CHAPTER III JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF THE TRIBUNAL
Section 14 of AFT Act 2007 - Jurisdiction, powers and authority in service matters
Section 16 of AFT Act 2007 - Re-trial
Section 17 of AFT Act 2007 - Powers of the Tribunal on appeal under section 15
Section 18 of AFT Act 2007 - Cost
Section 19 of AFT Act 2007 - Power to punish for contempt
Section 20 of AFT Act 2007 - Distribution of business among the Benches
CHAPTER IV PROCEDURE
Section 21 of AFT Act 2007 - Application not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted
Section 22 of AFT Act 2007 - Limitation
Section 23 of AFT Act 2007 - Procedure and powers of the Tribunal
Section 24 of AFT Act 2007 - Term of sentence and its effect on appeal
Section 26 of AFT Act 2007 - Condition as to making of interim order
Section 27 of AFT Act 2007 - Power of Chairperson to transfer cases from one Bench to another
Section 28 of AFT Act 2007 - Decision to be by majority
Section 29 of AFT Act 2007 - Execution of order of Tribunal
CHAPTER V APPEAL
Section 30 of AFT Act 2007 - Appeal to Supreme Court
Section 31 of AFT Act 2007 - Leave to appeal
Section 32 of AFT Act 2007 - condonation
CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS
Section 33 of AFT Act 2007 - Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts
Section 34 of AFT Act 2007 - Transfer of pending cases
Section 35 of AFT Act 2007 - Provision for filing of certain appeals
Section 36 of AFT Act 2007 - Proceedings before Tribunal to be judicial proceedings
Section 37 of AFT Act 2007 - Members and staff of Tribunal to be public servants
Section 38 of AFT Act 2007 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 39 of AFT Act 2007 - Act to have overriding effect
Section 40 of AFT Act 2007 - Power to remove difficulties
Section 41 of AFT Act 2007 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section 42 of AFT Act 2007 - Power to make rules retrospectively
Section 43 of AFT Act 2007 - Laying of rules
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