Chapter XV RULES

1. (1) The Central Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (1), the rules made thereunder may provide for--
   • (a) the removal, retirement, release or discharge from the service of persons subject to this Act;
   • (b) the amount and incidence of fines to be imposed under section 90;
   • (c) the specification of the punishment which may be awarded as field punishments under sections 77 and 82;
   • (d) the assembly and procedure of courts of inquiry, the recording of summaries of evidence and the administration of oaths or affirmations by such courts;
   • (e) the convening and constituting of court-martial and the appointment of prosecutors at trials by court-martial;
   • (f) the adjournment, dissolution and sitting of court-martial;
   • (g) the procedure to be observed in trials by court-martial and the appearance of legal practitioners thereat;
   • (h) the confirmation, revision and annulment of, and petitions against the findings and sentences of court-martial:
     • (i) the carrying into effect of sentences of court-martial;
   • (j) the forms of orders to be made under the provisions of this Act relating to court-martial, transportation, imprisonment and detention;
   • (k) the constitution of authorities, to decide for what persons, to what amounts and in what manner, provision should be made for dependents under section 100 and the due carrying out of such decisions;
   • (l) the relative rank of the officers, junior commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers and non-commissioned officers of the regular Army, Navy and Air Force when acting together;
   • (m) any other matter directed by this Act to be prescribed.

The Central Government may make regulations for all or any of the purposes of this Act other than those specified in section 189.

All rules and regulations made under this Act shall be published in the Official Gazette and, on such publication, shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.

1[191A. Laying of rules and regulations before Parliament.--Every rule and every regulation made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or regulation or both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the rule or regulation shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or regulation.]

[Repeal.][Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (36 of 1957), s. 2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f.17-9-1957).