Section 52
Alternative punishments awardable by Force Courts.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act, 1992
About this Act
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.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, a
Force Court may, on convicting a person subject to this Act of any of the offences specified in
sections 16 to 48 (both inclusive) award either the particular punishment with which the offence is stated
in the said sections to be punishable or, in lieu thereof, any one of the punishments lower in the scale set
out in section 51 regard being had to the nature and degree of the offence.