Power of court-martial and commanding officers to try offences
Section 93 of the Navy Act, 1957 deals with power of court-martial and commanding officers to try offences. An offence triable under this Act may be tried and punished by court-martial. The Act came into force on 01 Jan 1958.
(1) An offence triable under this Act may be tried and punished by court-martial.
(2) An offence not capital which is triable under this Act and which is committed by a person other than an officer (and in cases by this Act expressly provided for when committed by an officer), may, subject to regulations made under this Act be summarily tried and punished by the commanding officer of the ship to which the offender belongs at the time either of the commission or of the trial of the offence, subject to the restriction that the commanding officer shall not have power to award imprisonment or detention for more than three months, or to award dismissal with disgrace from the naval service:
Provided that no sentence of imprisonment or dismissal shall be carried into effect until approved by the prescribed authorities.
(3) The power by this section vested in a commanding officer of a ship may, subject to regulations made under this Act,--
(a) as respects 1[sailors] on board a tender to the ship, be exercised in the case of a single tender absent from the ship, by the officer in command of such tender and in the case of two or more tenders absent from the ship in company or acting together, by the officer in immediate command of such tenders;
(b) as respects [sailors] on board any boat belonging to the ship, be exercised when such boat is absent on detached service by the officer in command of the boat;
(c) as respects 1[sailors] on detached service either on shore or otherwise, be exercised by the officer in immediate command of those persons;
(d) as respects 1[sailors] quartered in naval barracks, be exercised by the officer in command of the barracks;
(e) as respects 1[sailors] attached to or serving with any body of the regular Army or the Air Force under prescribed conditions be exercised by the commanding officer of any such body of the regular Army or the Air Force.
(4) The commanding officer of a ship or barracks may delegate the power of awarding punishments inferior in scale to dismissal, to other officers under his command in accordance with the regulations made under this Act.
Section 93, The Navy Act, 1957 (Act 62 of 1957).
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Made under this section, and citing it
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Questions about Section 93
What does Section 93 of the Navy Act deal with?
Section 93 of the Navy Act is headed "Power of court-martial and commanding officers to try offences". An offence triable under this Act may be tried and punished by court-martial.
How do I find court cases under Section 93 of the Navy Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Navy Act 1957 93, section 93 Navy Act 1957, section 93 of the Navy Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 93 of the Navy Act, and has it changed?
2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. One instrument names it without being made under it, most recently Regulations for the Navy Part II (1991).
When did Section 93 of the Navy Act come into force?
Section 93 of the Navy Act, cited as Navy Act 1957 93, came into force on 01 Jan 1958, having been enacted on 27 Dec 1957. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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