Act Number: 46

Act Name: The Army Act, 1950

Year: 1950

Enactment Date: 1950-05-20

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Government of the regular Army.

Ministry: Ministry of Defence

Department: Department of Military Affairs

Section 119: Powers of district courts-martial.
    A district court-martial shall have power to try any person subject to this Act other than an officer or a junior commissioned officer for any offence made punishable therein, and to pass any sentence authorised by this Act other than a sentence of death, transportation, or imprisonment for a term exceeding two years:
     Provided that a district court-martial shall not sentence a warrant officer to imprisonment.
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