Section 19

Immunity of persons attending Assam Rifles Court from arrest.

The Assam Rifles Act, 2006

  • Act 47 of 2006
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the governance of the Assam Rifles, an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India, to carry out Counter Insurgency Operations in the specified areas and to act in aid of civil authorities for the maintenance of the law and order and for matters connected therewith.

All sections
    (1) No Presiding Officer or member of an Assam Rifles Court, no Law Officer, no party to any proceeding before an Assam Rifles Court, or his legal practitioner or agent and no witness acting in obedience to a summons to attend an Assam Rifles Court shall, while proceeding to, attending or returning from, an Assam Rifles Court, be liable to arrest under civil or revenue process.
     (2) If any such person is arrested under any such process, he may be discharged by order of the Assam Rifles Court.
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