Section 67
Collective fines.
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.
(1) Whenever any weapon or part of a weapon, or ammunition, forming part of
the equipment of a unit of the Force, is lost or stolen, an officer not below rank of the Commandant of a
battalion may, after making such inquiry as he thinks fit and subject to the rules and regulations, impose a
collective fine upon the subordinate officer, under-officer and men of such unit, or upon so many of them
as, in his judgment, should be held responsible for such loss or theft.
(2) Such fine shall be assessed as a percentage on the pay of the individuals on whom it falls.
(2) Such fine shall be assessed as a percentage on the pay of the individuals on whom it falls.