Air Force Act : Civil offences not triable by court-martial. Indian Bare Acts :

Air Force Act,1950

Act No : 45

Section : Civil offences not triable by court-martial.

72. Civil offences not triable by court-martial. A person subject to this Act who commits an offence of murder against a person not subject to military, naval or air force law, or of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against such a person or of rape in relation to such a person, shall not be deemed to be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall not be tried by a court-martial, unless he commits any of the said offences- (a) while on active service, or (b) at any place outside India, or (c) at a frontier post specified by the said Government by notification in this behalf. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Explanation omitted by Act 13 of 1975, s. 2 (w.e.f. 25-1-1975). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 173