Chapter IV PUNISHMENTS

1. (1) Punishments may be inflicted in respect of offences committed by persons subject to this Act and convicted by Security Guard Courts according to the scale following, that is to say,—
   • (a) death;
   • (b) imprisonment which may be for the term of life or any other lesser term but excluding imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months in Security Guard custody;
   • (c) dismissal from the service;
   • (d) imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months in Security Guard custody;
   • (e) reduction to the ranks or to a lower rank or grade in the case of a Ranger Grade I;
   • (f) forfeiture of seniority of rank and forfeiture of all or any part of the service for the purpose of promotion where promotion depends upon length of service;
   • (g) forfeiture of service for the purpose of increment or pension or other prescribed purpose;
   • (h) severe reprimand or reprimand except in the case of persons below the rank of Ranger Grade I;
     • (i) forfeiture in the case of a person sentenced to dismissal from the service of all arrears of pay and allowances and other public money due to him at the time of such dismissal;
   • (j) deduction from pay and allowances to make good any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence for which he is convicted.
2. (2) Each of the punishments specified in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be inferior in degree to every punishment preceding it in the above scale

Subject to the provisions of this Act, a Security Guard Court may, on convicting a person subject to this Act of any of the offences specified in sections 15 to 44 (both inclusive) award either the particular punishment with which the offence is stated in the said sections to be punishable or, in lieu, thereof, any of the punishments lower in the scale set out in section 47 regard being had to the nature and degree of the offence.

A sentence of a Security Guard Court may award in addition to, or without any one other punishment, the punishment specified in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 47 and any one or more of the punishments specified in clauses (e) to (j) (both inclusive) of that sub-section.

Punishments may also be inflicted in respect of offences committed by persons subject to this Act without the intervention of a Security Guard Court in the manner stated in sections 51 and 53.

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 52, a Commander of and above the rank of a Group Commander may, in the prescribed manner proceed against a person subject to this Act other than an officer or an Assistant Commander, who is charged with an offence under this Act and award such person, to the extent prescribed, one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,—
   • (a) imprisonment in Security Guard custody up to twenty-eight days;
   • (b) detention up to twenty-eight days;
   • (c) confinement to the lines up to twenty-eight days;
   • (d) extra guards or duties;
   • (e) deprivation of any acting rank provided such rank has not been held by him for more than two years;
   • (f) severe reprimand or reprimand;
   • (g) deductions from his pay and allowances of any sum required to make good any loss or damage occasioned by the offence for which he is punished.
2. (2) If a group is being temporarily commanded by an officer of the rank of a Squadron Commander or a Team Commander, such officer shall have full powers of a Commander as specified in sub-section (1).
3. (3) Subject to the provisions of section 52, a Squadron Commander or a Team Commander commanding a squadron or a team or any detachment shall have the power to proceed against a person subject to this Act, other than an officer or an Assistant Commander, who is charged with an offence under this Act and award such person to the extent prescribed, one or more of the punishments specified in clauses (a) to (d) and (g) of sub-section (1) provided that the maximum limit of punishment awarded under each of the clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall not exceed fourteen days.

1. (1) In the case of an award of two or more of the punishments specified in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) of section 51, the punishments specified in clause (c) or clause (d) shall take effect only at the end of the punishment specified in clause (a) or clause (b).
2. (2) When two or more of the punishments specified in the said clauses (a), (b) and (c) are awarded to a person conjointly, or when already undergoing one or more of the said punishments, the whole extent of the punishments shall not exceed in the aggregate fifty-six days.
3. (3) The punishments specified in the said clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall not be awarded to any person who is of the rank of Ranger Grade I or was, at the time of committing the offence for which he is punished, or such rank.
4. (4) The punishments specified in clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 51 shall not be awarded to any person below the rank of Ranger Grade I.

An officer not below the rank of an Inspector-General may, in the prescribed manner, proceed against an officer of or below the rank of a Squadron Commander, who is charged with an offence under this Act, and award one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,—

1. (a) forfeiture of seniority, or in the case of any of them whose promotion depends upon length of service, forfeiture of service for the purpose of promotion for a period not exceeding one year, but subject to the right of the accused previous to the award to elect to be tried by a General Security Guard Court;
2. (b) severe reprimand or reprimand;
3. (c) deduction from pay and allowances of any sum required to make good any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence of which he is convicted.

1. (1) An officer not below the rank of a Deputy Inspector-General may, in the prescribed manner, proceed against a person of the rank of an Assistant Commander who is charged with an offence under this Act and award one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,—
   • (a) forfeiture of seniority, or in the case of any of them whose promotion depends upon the length of service, forfeiture of service for the purpose of promotion for a period not exceeding one year, but subject to the right of the accused previous to the award to elect to be tried by a General Security Guard Court;
   • (b) severe reprimand or reprimand;
   • (c) deduction from pay and allowances of any sum required to make good any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence of which he is convicted.
2. (2) An officer of the rank of a Group Commander may, in the prescribed manner, proceed against a person of the rank of an Assistant Commander who is charged with an offence under this Act and award any one or both of the following punishments, that is to say,—
   • (a) severe reprimand or reprimand;
   • (b) deduction from pay and allowances of any sum required to make good any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence of which he is convicted.