1. Short title and commencement. 
(1) This Act may be called the National Security Guard Act, 1986. 
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, be 
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 

2. Definitions. 
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - 
(a) “active duty”, in relation to a person subject to this Act, means 
any duty as a member of the Security Guard during the period 
in which such person is attached to or forms part of, a unit of 
the Security Guard- 
(i) Which is engaged in operations against terrorists or any person 
in arms against the Union; or 
(ii) Which is operating at a picket or engaged on patrol or any other 
duty, in relation to combating terrorist activity; 
(b) “Assistant Commander” means a person appointed or in pay as 
an Assistant Commander Grade I, Assistant Commander Grade 
II or Assistant Commander Grade III; 
(c) “civil offence” means an offence which is triable by a Criminal 
Court or by a special Judge appointed under the Criminal Law 
Amendment Act, 1952; 
(d) “civil prison” means any jail or place used for the detention of 
any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894, or under any 
other law for the time being in force; 
(e) “Combatised tradesman” means a person appointed or in pay as 
a combatised tradesman; 
(f) “ Commander”, when used in any provision of this Act with 
reference to any unit of the Security Guard, means the officer 
whose duty it is to discharge with respect to that unit, the 
functions of a Commander in regard to matters of the 
description referred to in that provision; 
(g) “Criminal Court” means a Court of ordinary criminal justice in 
any part of India and includes a Court of a special Judge 
appointed under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1952; 
(h) “Deputy Inspector-General” means a Deputy Inspector-General 
of the Security Guard appointed under section 5; 
(i) “Director-General” and Additional Director-General” mean, 
respectively, the Director-General and an Additional DirectorGeneral of the Security Guard appointed under section 5; 
(j) “Group” means a unit of the Security Guard constituted as a 
Group by the Central Government; 
(k) “Group Commander” means a Group Commander of the 
Security Guard appointed under section 5; 
(l) “Inspector-General” means an Inspector-General of the Security 
Guard appointed under section 5; 
(m) “Judge Attorney-General”, “Additional Judge Attorney 
General”, “Deputy Judge Attorney General” and “Judge 
Attorney” mean, respectively, the Judge Attorney-General, an 
Additional Judge Attorney-General a Deputy Judge AttorneyGeneral and a Judge Attorney of the Security Guard appointed 
in the appropriate rank by the Central Government; 
(n) “member of the Security Guard” means an officer, an Assistant 
Commander, a Ranger or a combatised tradesman; 
(o) “notification” means a notification published in the Official 
Gazette; 
(p) “offence” means any act or omission punishable under this Act 
and includes a civil offence; 
(q) “officer” means a person appointed or in pay as an officer of the 
Security Guard; 
(r) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules; 
(s) “Ranger” means a Ranger Grade I and a Ranger Grade II of the 
Security Guard; 
(t) “rule” means a rule made under this Act; 
(u) “Security Guard” means the National Security Guard; 
(v) “Security Guard Court” means a Court referred to in section 61; 
(w) “Security Guard custody’ means the arrest or confinement of a 
member of the Security Guard according to rules; 
(x) “superior officer”, when used in relation to a person subject to 
this Act, means- 
(i) any member of the Security Guard to whose command 
such person is for the time being subject in accordance 
with the rules; 
(ii) any officer of a higher rank or class, 
and includes, when such person is not an officer, an Assistant 
Commander or a Ranger of a higher rank or class; 
(y) “terrorist” means any person who, with intent to over-awe the 
Government as by law established or to strike terror in the 
people or any section of the people or to alienate any section of 
the people or to adversely affect the harmony amongst different 
sections of the people, does any act or thing by using bombs, 
dynamite or other explosive substances or inflammable 
substances or firearms or other lethal weapons or poisons or 
noxious gases or other chemicals or any other substances 
(whether biological or otherwise) of a hazardous nature, in such 
a manner as to cause, or as is likely to cause, death of, or 
injuries to, any person or persons or damage to, or destruction 
of, property or disruption of any supplies or services essential to 
the life of the community; 
(z) all words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but 
defined in the Indian Penal Code shall have the meanings 
respectively assigned to them in that Code. 
(2) In this Act, references to any law not in force in any State shall be 
construed as references to the corresponding law in force in that State. 

3. Persons subject to this Act. 
(1) The following persons appointed (whether on deputation or in any 
other manner) in the Security Guard shall be subject to this Act, wherever they may 
be, namely: - 
(a) officers and Assistant Commanders; and 
(b) Rangers and combatised tradesmen. 
(2) Every person subject to this Act shall remain so subject until repatriated, 
retired, released, discharged, removed or dismissed from the Security Guard in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules. 
 

4. Constitution of the Security Guard. 
(1) There shall be an armed force of the Union called the National Security 
Guard for combating terrorist activities with a view to protect States against internal 
disturbances. 
 (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Security Guard shall be 
constituted in such manner as may be prescribed and the conditions of service of the 
members of the Security Guard shall be such as may be prescribed. 

5. Control, direction, etc. 
(1) The general superintendence, direction and control of the Security 
Guard shall vest in, and be exercised by, the Central Government and subject thereto 
and to the provisions of this Act and the rules, the command and supervision of the 
Security Guard shall vest in an officer to be appointed by the Central Government as 
the Director-General of the Security Guard. 
 (2) The Director-General shall, in the discharge of his duties under this 
Act, be assisted by such number of Additional Directors-General, Inspectors-General, 
Deputy Inspectors-General, Group Commanders and other officers as may be 
appointed by the Central Government. 

6. Liability for service outside India. 
Every member of the Security Guard shall be liable to serve in any part of 
India as well as outside India. 

7. Resignation and withdrawal from the post. 
No member of the Security Guard shall be at liberty- 
(a) to resign his appointment during the term of his engagement; or 
(b) to withdraw himself from all or any of the duties of his appointment, 
except with the previous permission in writing of the prescribed authority. 

8. Tenure of service under the Act. 
Every person subject to this Act shall hold office during the pleasure of the 
President. 

 9. Termination of service by Central Government. 
Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules, the Central Government 
may dismiss or remove from service any person subject to this Act. 

10. Dismissal, removal or reduction by the Director-General and by other 
officers.  
 (1) The Director-General, any Additional Director-General or any 
Inspector-General may dismiss or remove from service or reduce to a lower grade or 
rank or the ranks, any person subject to this Act other than an officer. 
 (2) An officer not below the rank of a Deputy Inspector-General or any 
prescribed officer may dismiss or remove from the service any person under his 
command other than an officer or an Assistant Commander. 
 (3) Any such officer as is mentioned in sub-section (2) may reduce to a 
lower grade or rank or the ranks any person under his command except an officer or 
an Assistant Commander. 
 (4) The exercise of any power under this section shall be subject to the 
provisions of this Act and the rules. 

11. Certificate of termination of service. 
An Assistant Commander or a Ranger or a combatised tradesmen who is 
retired, released, discharged, removed or dismissed from the service shall be 
furnished by the officer to whose command he is subject, with a certificate setting 
forth- 
(a) the authority terminating his service;
(b) the cause for such termination; and 
(c) the full period of his service in the Security Guard. 

12. Restrictions respecting right to form associations, freedom of speech, etc. 
(1) No person subject to this Act shall, without the previous sanction in 
writing of the Central Government or of the prescribed authority,- 
(a) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any trade union, 
labour union, political association or with any class of trade unions, 
labour unions or political associations; or 
(b) be a member of, or be associated in any way with, any society, 
institution, association or organization that is not recognized as part of 
the Security Guard or is not of a purely social, recreational or religious 
nature; or 
(c) communicate with the press or publish or cause to be published any 
book, letter or other document except where such communication or 
publication is in the bona fide discharge of his duties or is of a purely 
literary, artistic or scientific character or is of a prescribed nature. 
Explanation- If any question arises as to whether any society, institution, association 
or organization is of a purely social, recreational or religious nature under clause (b) 
of this sub-section, the decision of the Central Government thereon shall be final. 
 (2) No person subject to this Act shall participate in, or address, any 
meeting or take part in any demonstration organized by any body of persons for any 
political purposes or for such other purposes as may be prescribed.

13. Remedy of aggrieved persons other than officers. 
(1) Any person subject to this Act other than an officer who deems himself 
wronged by any superior or other officer may, complain to the officer under whose 
command he is serving. 
(2) When the officer complained against is the officer to whom any 
complaint should, under sub-section (1), be preferred, the aggrieved person may 
complain to such officer’s next superior officer. 
 (3) Every officer receiving any such complaint shall make as complete an 
investigation into it as may be possible for giving full redress to the complaint; or 
when necessary, refer the complaint to a superior authority. 
 (4) The Director-General may revise any decision made under any of the 
foregoing sub-sections, but, subject thereto, such decision shall be final. 

14. Remedy of aggrieved officers. 
Any officer who deems himself wronged by his Commander or any other 
superior officer and who, on due application made to his Commander or such other 
superior officer, does not receive the redress to which he considers himself entitled, 
may complain to the Director-General or the Central Government through proper 
channel.

15. Offences in relation to the terrorists and other persons in arms against 
the Union and punishable with death. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say,- 
(a) Shamefully abandons place of his duty or misbehaves in such manner 
as to show cowardice during operations; 
(b) Treacherously holds correspondence with, or communicates 
intelligence to a terrorist or any person in arms against the Union; or 
(c) directly or indirectly assists any terrorist with money, arms, 
ammunition, stores or supplies or in any other manner whatsoever; or 
(d) knowingly does any act calculated to imperil the success of the 
Security Guard or the military, naval, air forces or any other armed 
force of India or any forces co-operating therewith or any part of such 
forces, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer death or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned

16. Offence punishable more severely on active duty than at other times. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say,- 
(a) forces a safeguard, or forces or uses criminal force to a sentry; or 
(b) breaks into any house or other place in search of plunder; or 
(c) being a sentry sleeps upon his post, or is drunk; or 
(d) without orders from his superior officer leaves his guard, picket, patrol 
or post, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court,- 
(i) if he commits any such offence when on active duty, be liable to suffer 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or such 
less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and 
(ii) if he commits any such offence when not on active duty, be liable to 
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or 
such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

17. Mutiny. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say,- 
(a) begins, incites, causes or conspires with any other person to cause any 
mutiny in the Security Guard or in the military, naval, air forces or any 
other armed force of India or any forces co-operating therewith; or 
(b) joins in any such mutiny; or
(c) being present at any such mutiny, does not use his utmost endeavours 
to suppress the same; or 
(d) knowing or having reason to believe in the existence of any such 
mutiny, or of any intention to mutiny or of any such conspiracy, does 
not, without delay, give information thereof to his Commander or other 
superior officer; or 
(e) Endeavors to seduce any person in the Security Guard or in the 
military, naval, air forces or any other armed force of India or any 
forces co-operating therewith from his duty or allegiance to the Union, 
shall, on conviction by the Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer death or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 

18. Desertion and aiding desertion. 
(1) Any person subject to this Act who deserts or attempts to desert the 
service shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court,- 

(a) If he commits the offence when on active duty or when under orders for 
active duty, be liable to suffer death or such less punishment as in this Act 
mentioned: and 
(b) If he commits the offence under any other circumstances, be liable to 
suffer imprisonment for a term, which may extend to seven years or such 
less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 
(2) Any person subject to this Act who knowingly harbours any such 
deserter shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or such less punishment as 
is in this Act mentioned. 
 
(3) Any person subject to this Act who, being cognizant of any desertion 
or attempt at desertion of a person subject to this Act, does not forthwith give notice 
to his own or some other superior officer, or take any steps in his power to cause such 
person to be apprehended, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable 
to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 
(4) For the purpose of this Act, a person deserts, - 
(a) If he absents from his Unit or the place of duty at any time which the 
intention of not reporting back to such Unit or place, or who, at any 
time and under any circumstances when absent from his Unit or place 
of duty, does any Act which shows that he has an intention of not 
reporting to such Unit or place of duty: 
(b) If he absents himself without leave with intent to avoid any active 
duty. 

19. Absence without leave. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, -- 
(a) Absent himself without leave: or 
(b) Without sufficient cause overstays leave granted to him: or 
(c) Being on leave of absence and having received information from the 
appropriate authority that any Unit or part thereof to which he belongs, 
has been ordered on active duty, fails, without sufficient cause to 
rejoin without delay: or 
(d) Without sufficient cause fails to appear at the time fixed at the parade 
or place appointed for exercise or duty: or 
(e) When on parade, or on the line of march, without sufficient cause or 
without leave from his superior officers, quits the parade or line of 
march: or 
(f) When in camp or elsewhere, is found beyond any limits fixed, or in 
any place prohibited, by any general, local or other order, without a 
pass or written leave from his superior officer: or 
(g) Without leave from his superior officer or without due cause absents 
himself from any school when duly ordered to attend there, 
Shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer 
imprisonment for a term, which may extend to three years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 

20. Striking or threatening superior officer. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say,- 
(a) uses criminal force to or assaults his superior officer: or 
(b) uses threatening language to such officer: or 
(c) uses insubordinate language to such officer, 
Shall on conviction by a Security Guard Court – 
i) if such officer is at the time in the execution of his office or, if 
the offence is committed on active duty, be liable to suffer 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years 
or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned : and 
ii) In other cases, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which 
may extend to ten years of such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned: 
Provided that in the case of any offence specified in clause (c) the imprisonment shall 
not exceed five years.

21. Disobedience to superior officer. 
(1) Any person subject to this Act who disobey, in such manner as to show 
a willful defiance of authority, any lawful command given personally by his superior 
officer in the execution of his office whether the same is givens orally, or in writing 
or by signal or otherwise, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to 
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 
(2) Any person subject to this Act who disobeys any lawful command 
given by his superior officer shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable 
to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years of such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 

22. Assault and obstruction. 
Any person subject to this act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, - 
 (a) being concerned in any quarrel, affray or disorder, refuses to obey any 
officer, though of inferior rank, who orders him into arrest, or uses 
criminal force to assaults any such officer: or 
 (b) uses criminal force to, or assaults any person, whether subject to this 
act or not, in whose custody he is lawfully placed, and whether he is or 
is not his superior: or 
 (c) resists an escort whose duty it is to apprehend him or have him in 
charge : or 
(d) breaks out of barracks, camp or quarters: or 
(e) refuses to obey any general, local or other order, 
 
Shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term which may extend in the case of offences specified in clauses (d) and (e), to two 
years, and in the case of offences specified in the other clauses, to ten years, or in 
either case such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 

23. Certain forms of disgraceful conduct. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, _ 
(a) is guilty of any disgraceful conduct of a cruel, indecent or unnatural 
kind: or
(b) malingers or feigns or produces diseases or infirmity in himself or 
intentionally delays his cure or aggravates his diseases or infirmity 
:or 
(c) with intent to render himself or any other person unfit for service, 
voluntarily causes hurt to himself or that person, 
Shall, on conviction by a security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term, which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned. 

24. Ill-treating a subordinate. 
Any officer, Assistant Commander or Ranger Grade I who uses criminal force 
to, or otherwise ill-treats, any person subject to this Act, being his subordinate in rank 
or position, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as 
is in this Act mentioned. 

25 Drunkenness. 
 (1) Any person subject to this Act, who is found in a state of drunkenness, 
whether on duty or not, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court be liable to 
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 
(2) For the purpose of sub section (1) a person shall be deemed to be in a 
state of drunkenness if, owing to the influence of alcohol or any drug whether along 
or in combination with any other substance, he is unfit to be entrusted with his duty 
or with any duty which he may be called upon to perform or behaves in a disorderly 
manner or in a manner likely to bring discredit to the Security Guard.

26. Permitting escape of person in custody. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, - 
(a) when in command of a guard, picket, patrol, detachment or post, 
releases without proper authority, whether willfully or without
reasonable excuse, any person committed to his charge, or refuses to 
receive any prisoner or person so committed; or 
(b) wilfully or without reasonable excuse allows to escape any person who 
is committed to his charge, or whom it is his duty to keep or guard, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable, if he has acted willfully, to 
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and if he has not acted willfully, to suffer 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or such less punishment as is 
in this Act mentioned.

27. Irregularity in connection with arrest or confinement. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say.- 
(a) unnecessarily detains a person in arrest or confinement without 
bringing him to trial, or fails to bring his case before the proper 
authority for investigation; or 
(b) having committed a person to Security Guard custody fails without 
reasonable cause to deliver at the time of such committal, or as soon as 
practicable, and in any case within forty-eight hours thereafter, to the 
officer or other person into whose custody the person arrested is 
committed, an account in writing signed by himself of the offence with 
which the person so committed is charged, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to one year or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned.

28. Escape from custody. 
Any person subject to this Act who, being in lawful custody, escapes or 
attempts to escape, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or such less punishment as 
is in this Act mentioned.

29. Offences in respect of property. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, - 
(a) commits theft of any property belonging to the Government, or to any 
Security Guard mess, band or institution, or to any person subject to 
this Act; or 
(b) dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use any such 
property; or 
(c) commits criminal breach of trust in respect of any such property; or 
(d) dishonestly receives or retains any such property in respect of which 
any of the offences under clauses (a), (b) and (c) has been committed, 
knowing or having reason to believe the commission of such offence; 
or 
(e) wilfully destroys or injures any property of the Government entrusted 
to him; or 
(f) does any other thing with intent to defraud, or to cause wrongful gain 
to one person or wrongful loss to another person, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned. 

30. Extortion and exaction. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say,- 
(a) commits extortion; or 
(b) without proper authority exacts from any person money, provisions or 
service, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned.

31. Making away with equipment. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, - 
(a) makes away with, or is concerned in making away with, any arms, 
ammunition, equipment, instruments, tools, clothing or any other thing 
being the property of the Government issued to him for his use or 
entrusted to him; or 
(b) loses by neglect anything mentioned in clause (a); or 
(c) sells, pawns, destroys or defaces any medal or decoration granted to 
him, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term which may extend, in the case of the offences specified in clause (a), to ten 
years, and in the case of the offences specified in the other clauses, to five years, or in 
either case such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 

32. Injury to property. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say,- 
(a) destroys or injures any property mentioned in clause (a) of section 31, 
or any property belonging to any Security Guard mess, band or 
institution, or to any person subject to this Act; or 
(b) commits any act which causes damage to, or destruction of, any 
property of the Government by fire or in any other manner whatever; 
or 
(c) kills, injures, makes away with, ill-treats or loses, any animal entrusted 
to him,shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable, if he has acted willfully, to 
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and if he has acted without reasonable 
excuse, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

33. False accusations. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, - 
(a) makes a false accusation against any person subject to this Act, 
knowing or having reason to believe such accusation to be false; or 
(b) in making a complaint against any person subject to this Act makes 
any statement affecting the character of such person, knowing or 
having reason to believe such statement to be false, or knowingly and 
willfully suppresses any material fact, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to three years or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned. 

34. Falsifying official documents and false declarations. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say,- 
(a) in any report, return, list, certificate, book or other document made or 
signed by him, or of the contents of which it is his duty to ascertain the 
accuracy, knowingly makes, or is privy to the making of, any false or 
fraudulent statement; or 
(b) in any document of the description mentioned in clause (a) knowingly 
makes, or is privy to the making of, any omission, with intent to 
defraud; or 
(c) knowingly and with intent to injure any person, or knowingly and with 
intent to defraud, suppresses, defaces, alters or makes away with any 
document which it is his duty to preserve or produce; or 
(d) where it is his official duty to make a declaration respecting any 
matter, knowingly makes a false declaration; or 
(e) obtains for himself, or for any other person, any pension, allowance or 
other advantage or privilege by a statement which is false, and which 
he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, or 
by making or using a false entry in any book or record, or by making 
any document containing a false statement, or by omitting to make a 
true entry or document containing a true statement, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to ten years or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned. 

35. False declaration on appointment. 
Any person having become subject to this Act who is discovered to have 
made at the time of appointment a willfully false statement or declaration in 
connection with his appointment, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be 
liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

36. Offences relating to Security Guard Court. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, - 
(a) being duly summoned or ordered to attend as a witness before a 
Security Guard Court, willfully or without reasonable excuse, makes 
default in attending; or 
(b) refuses to take an oath or make an affirmation legally required by a 
Security Guard Court to be taken or made; or 
(c) refuses to produce or deliver any document in his power or control 
legally required by a Security Guard Court to be produced or delivered 
by him; or 
(d) refuses, when a witness, to answer any question which he is by law 
bound to answer; or 
(e) is guilty of contempt of the Security Guard Court by using insulting or 
threatening language, or by causing any interruption or disturbance in 
the proceedings of such court, 
shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to three years or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned.

37. False evidence. 
Any person subject to this Act who, having been duly sworn or affirmed 
before any Security Guard Court, or before any officer competent under this Act to 
administer oath or affirmation or before a Court of inquiry constituted under this Act, 
makes any statement which is false, and which he either knows or believes to be false 
or does not believe to be true, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be 
liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 

38. Unlawful detention of pay. 
Any officer, Asst. Commander or Ranger Grade I who, having received the 
pay of a person subject to this Act unlawfully detains or refuses to pay the same 
when due, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or such less punishment as 
is in this Act mentioned. 

39. Unbecoming conduct. 
Any officer or Assistant Commander who behaves in a manner unbecoming 
of his position and the character expected of him shall, on conviction by a Security 
Guard Court, be liable to be dismissed or to suffer such less punishment as is in this 
Act mentioned. 

40. Violation of good order and discipline. 
Any person subject to this Act who is guilty of any act or omission which, 
though not specified in this Act, is prejudicial to good order and discipline of the
Security Guard Court shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to 
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 

41. Miscellaneous offences. 
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, 
that is to say, - 
(a) being in command of any detachment or post or on the march, and 
receiving a complaint that any one under his command has beaten or 
otherwise maltreated or oppressed any person, or has caused 
disturbance at any public place, or committed any riot or trespass, fails 
to have due reparation made to the injured person or to report the case 
to the proper authority: or 
(b) by defiling any place of worship, or otherwise or intentionally insults 
the religion, or wounds the religious feelings of any person : or 
(c) attempts to commit suicide, and in such attempt does any act towards 
commission of such offence : or 
(d) being below the rank of an Assistant Commander, when off duty, 
appears without proper authority, in or about camp, or in or about, or 
when going to, or returning from, any town carrying a rifle, sword or 
other offensive weapon: or 
(e) directly or indirectly accepts or obtains, or agrees to accept, or attempts 
to obtain, for himself or for any other person any gratification as a 
motive or reward for procuring the appointment of any person or leave 
of absence, promotion or any other advantage or indulgence for any 
person in the service; or 
(f) commits any offence against the property or person of any inhabitant 
of, or resident in, the country in which he is serving, 
shall , on conviction by a Security Guard Court , be liable to suffer imprisonment for 
a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned.

42. Attempt. 
Any person subject to this Act who attempts to commit any of the offences 
specified in sections 15 to 41 (both inclusive) and in such attempt does any act 
towards the commission of the offence shall;, on conviction by a Security Guard 
Court, where no express provision is made by this Act for the punishment of such 
attempt, be liable, - 
(a) if the offence attempted to be committed is punishable with death, to 
suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years or 
such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned; and 
b) If the offence attempted to be committed is punishable with 
imprisonment, to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to 
one-half of the longest term provided for that offence or such less 
punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

43. Abetment of offences that have been committed. 
Any person subject to this Act who abets the commission of any of the 
offences specified in sections 15 to 41 (both inclusive) shall, on conviction by a 
Security Guard Court, if the act abetted is committed in consequence of the abetment 
and no express provision is made by this Act for the punishment of such abetment, be 
liable to suffer the punishment provided for that offence or such less punishment as 
in this Act mentioned.

44. Abetment of offences that have not been committed. 
 (1) Any person subject to this Act who abets the commission of any of the 
offences punishable with death under sections 15, 17 and sub section (1) of 18 shall, 
on conviction by a Security Guard Court, if that offence be not committed in 
consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this Act for the 
punishment of such abetment, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may 
extend to fourteen years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. 
(2) Any person subject to this Act who abets the commission of any of the 
offences specified in sections 15 to 41 (both inclusive) and punishable with 
imprisonment shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, if that offence be not 
committed in consequence of the abetment, and no express provision is made by this 
Act for the punishment of such abetment, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term 
which may extend to one-half of the longest term provided for that offence or such 
less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

45. Civil offences. 
Subject to the provisions of section 46, any person subject to this Act who at 
anyplace in, or beyond, India commits any civil offence shall be deemed to be guilty 
of an offence against this Act and, if charged therewith under this section shall be 
liable to be tried by a Security Guard Court and, on conviction, be punishable as 
follows, that is to say, - 
(a) If the offence is one which would be punishable under any law in force in 
India with death, he shall be liable to suffer any punishment assigned for 
the offence, by the aforesaid law and such less punishment as in this Act 
mentioned; and 
(b) in any other case, he shall be liable to suffer any punishment, assigned for 
the offence by the law in force in India, or imprisonment for a term which 
may extend to seven years, or such less punishment as is in this Act 
mentioned.

46. Civil offences not triable by a Security Guard Court. 
A person subject to this Act who commits an offence of murder or of culpable 
homicide not amounting to murder against, or a rape in relation to, a person not 
subject to this Act shall not be deemed to be guilty of an offence under this Act and 
shall not be tried by a Security Guard Court, unless he commits any of the said 
offences,- 
(a) While on active duty; or 
 
(b) At anyplace outside India. 

47. Punishments awardable by Security Guard Courts. 
 (1) punishment 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; 
(c) 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 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 an allowances to make good any proved loss or 
damage occasioned by the offence for which he is convicted.
(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. 

48. Alternative punishments awardable by Security Guard Courts. 
 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 one of the 
punishments lower in the scale set out in section 47 regard being had to the nature 
and degree of the offence. 

49. Combination of punishments. 
 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. 

50. Punishments otherwise than by Security Guard Courts. 
 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.

51. Minor punishments. 
 (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. 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. 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) or 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.

52. Limit of punishments under section 51. 
 (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) of clause (b). 
 (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) The punishment specified in the said clause (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, of such rank.
 

(4) The punishment 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.

53. Punishment of officers of or below the rank of Squadron Commanders by 
officers not below the rank of Inspectors-General. 
 
 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, - 
(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; 
(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. 

54. Punishment of persons of the rank of Assistant Commander. 
 (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 punishment, 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) 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.

55. Custody of offenders. 
 (1) Any person subject to this Act who is charged with an offence may be 
taken into Security Guard custody, under the order of any superior officer. 
 (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), an officer may 
order into Security Guard custody any other officer, though such other officer may be 
of a higher rank, engaged in a quarrel, affray or disorder. 

56. Duty of Commander in regard to detention. 
 (1) It shall be the duty of every Commander to take care that a person under 
his command when charged with an offence is not detained in custody for more than 
forty-eight hours after the committal of such person into custody is reported to him, 
without the charge being investigated, unless investigation within that period seems 
to him to be impracticable having regard to the public service. 
 (2) The case of every person being detained in custody beyond a period of 
forty-eight hours, and the reasons therefore, shall be reported by the Commander to 
the next higher authority.
(3) In reckoning the period of forty-eight hours specified in sub-section (1), 
Sundays and other public holidays shall be excluded. 
 (4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may make 
rules providing for the manner in which and the period for which any person subject 
to this Act may be taken into and detained in Security Guard custody, pending the 
trial by any competent authority for any offence committed by him.

57. Interval between committal and trial. 
In every case where any such person as is mentioned in section 55 and as is 
not on active duty, remains in such custody for a longer period than eight days 
without a Security Guard Court for his trial being convened, a special report giving 
reasons for the delay shall be made by his Commander and a similar report shall be 
forwarded at intervals of every eight days until a Security Guard Court is convened 
or such person is released from custody. 

58. Arrest by civil authorities. 
Whenever any person subject to this Act, who is accused of an offence under 
this Act, is within the jurisdiction of any Magistrate or police officer, such Magistrate 
or police officer shall aid in the apprehension and delivery to Security Guard custody 
of such person upon receipt of a written application to that effect signed by his 
Commander or an officer authorized by the Commander in that behalf. 

59. Capture of deserters. 
 (1) Whenever any person subject to this Act deserts, the Commander of the 
unit to which he belongs, shall give information of the desertion to such civil 
authorities as, in his opinion, may be able to afford assistance towards the capture of 
the deserter; and such authorities shall thereupon take steps for the apprehension of 
the said deserter in like manner as if he were a person for whose apprehension a 
warrant had been issued by a Magistrate, and shall deliver the deserter, when 
apprehended, into Security Guard custody. 
 (2) Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person reasonably 
believed to be subject to this Act, and to be a deserter and shall bring him without 
delay before the nearest Magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.

60. Inquiry into absence without leave. 
 (1) When any person subject to this Act has been absent from duty without 
due authority for a period of thirty days, a Court of inquiry shall, as soon as 
practicable, be appointed by an officer not below the rank of a Group Commander 
under whose command he is for the time being serving and such Court shall, on oath 
or affirmation administered in the prescribed manner, inquire respecting the absence 
of the person, and the deficiency, if any, in the property of the Government entrusted 
to his care, or in any arms, ammunition, equipment, instruments, clothing or 
necessaries; and if satisfied of the fact of such absence without due authority or other 
sufficient cause, the Court shall declare such absence and the period thereof and the 
said deficiency, if any, and transmit the proceedings of the Court of inquiry to the 
officer who appointed the Court of inquiry, for further action. 
 (2) If the person declared absent does not afterwards surrender or is not 
apprehended, he shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a deserter. 

61. Kinds of Security Guard Courts. 
 For the purposes of this Act there shall be three kinds of Security Guard 
Courts, that is to say,- 
(a) General Security Guard Courts; 
(b) Petty Security Guard Courts; and 
(c) Summary Security Guard Courts. 

62. Power to convene a General Security Guard Court. 
 A General Security Guard Court may be convened by the Central Government 
or the Director-General or by any officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of the 
Director-General.

63. Power to convene a Petty Security Guard Court. 
A Petty Security Guard Court may be convened by an officer having power to 
convene a General Security Guard Court or by an officer empowered in this behalf 
by warrant of any such officer.

64. Contents of warrants issued under sections 62 and 63. 
A warrant, issued under section 62 or section 63 may contain such 
restrictions, reservations or conditions as the officer issued it may think fit.

65. Composition of General Security Guard Court. 
 A General Security Guard Court shall consist of not less than five officers. 

66. Composition of a Petty Security Guard Court. 
 A Petty Security Guard Court shall consist of not less than three officers.

67. Summary Security Guard Court. 
 (1) A Summary Security Guard Court may be held by the Commander of 
any unit of the Security Guard and he alone shall constitute the Court. 
 (2) The proceedings shall be attended throughout by two other persons who 
shall be officers or Assistant Commanders or one of either, and who shall not as 
such, be sworn or affirmed: 
 Provided that the persons attending the Court for the trial of an officer shall 
not be of a rank lower than the rank of that officer unless in the opinion of the 
convening officer recorded in the convening order, officers of such rank are not, 
having due regard to the exigencies of public service, available. 

68. Dissolution of a Security Guard Court. 
 (1) If a Security Guard Court after the commencement of a trial is reduced 
below the minimum number of officers required by this Act, it shall be dissolved. 
 (2) If, on account of the illness of the concerned Judge Attorney or, as the 
case may be, Deputy Judge Attorney-General or Additional Judge Attorney-General 
or of the accused before the finding, it is impossible to continue the trial, a Security 
Guard Court shall be dissolved. 
 (3) The authority or officer who convened a Security Guard Court may 
dissolve the same if it appears to it or him that the exigencies of the service or 
necessities of discipline render it impossible or inexpedient to continue the said 
Security Guard Court. 
 (4) Where a Security Guard Court is dissolved under this section the 
accused may be tried again. 

69. Powers of a General Security Guard Court. 
 A General Security Guard Court shall have the power to try any person 
subject to this Act for any offence punishable there under and to pass any sentence 
authorised thereby. 

70. Powers of a Petty Security Guard Court. 
 A Petty Security Guard Court shall have the power to try any person subject 
to this Act other than an officer or an Assistant Commander for any offence made 
punishable thereunder and to pass any sentence authorized by this Act other than a 
sentence of death, or imprisonment for a term exceeding two years. 

71. Powers of a summary Security Guard Court. 
 (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), a Summary Security Guard 
Court may try any offence punishable under this Act. 
 (2) When there is no grave reason for immediate action and reference can, 
without detriment to discipline, be made to the officer empowered to convene a Petty 
Security Force Court for the trial of the alleged offender, an officer holding a 
Summary Security Guard Court shall not try without such reference any offence 
punishable under any of the sections 15, 17 and 45, or any offence against the officer 
holding the court. 
 (3) A Summary Security Guard Court may try any person subject to this Act 
and under the command of the officer holding the Court, except an officer, or an 
Assistant Commander.
(4) A Summary Security Guard Court may pass any sentence which may be 
passed under this Act, except the sentence of death or of imprisonment for a term 
exceeding the limit specified in sub-section (5). 
 (5) The limit referred to in sub-section (4) shall be,- 
(a) one year, if the officer holding the Security Guard Court holds the rank 
not below that of a Group Commander. 
(b) three months, in any other case. 

72. Prohibition of second trial. 
 (1) When any person subject to this Act has been acquitted or convicted of 
an offence by a Security Guard Court or by a Criminal Court or has been dealt with 
under section 51 or section 53 or section 54, he shall not be liable to be tried again 
for the same offence by a Security Guard Court or dealt with under the said sections. 
 (2) When any person subject to this Act, has been acquitted or convicted of 
an offence by a Security Guard Court or has been dealt with under section 51 or 
section 53 or section 54, he shall not be liable to be tried again by a Criminal Court 
for the same offence or on the same facts. 

73. Period of limitation for trial. 
 (1) Except as provided by sub-section (2), no trial by a Security Guard Court 
of any person subject to this Act for any offence shall be commenced after the 
expiration of a period of three years from the date of such offence. 
 (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to a trial for an offence 
of desertion or for any of the offences mentioned in section17. 
 (3) In the computation of the period of time mentioned in sub-section (1), 
any time spent by such person in evading arrest after the commission of the offence, 
shall be excluded. 

74. Trial etc., of offender who ceases to be subject to this Act. 
 (1) Where an offence under this Act had been committed by any person 
while subject to this Act, and he has ceased to be so subject, he may be taken into and
kept in Security Guard custody and tried and punished for such offence as if he 
continued to be so subject. 
 (2) No such person shall be tried for an offence, unless his trial commences 
within six months after he had ceased to be subject to this Act: 
 Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply to the trial of 
any such person for an offence of desertion or for any of the offences mentioned in 
section 17 or shall affect the jurisdiction of a criminal court to try any offence triable 
by such court as well as by a Security Guard Court.

75. Application of Act during term of sentence. 
 (1) When a person subject to this Act is sentenced by a Security Guard 
Court to imprisonment, this Act shall apply to him during the term of his sentence, 
though he is dismissed from the Security Guard, or has otherwise ceased to be 
subject to this Act, and he may be kept, removed, imprisoned and punished as if he 
continued to be subject to this Act. 
 (2) When a person subject to this Act is sentenced by a Security Guard 
Court to death, this Act shall apply to him till the sentence is carried out.

76. Place of trial. 
 Any person subject to this Act who commits any offence against it may be 
tried and punished for such offence in any place whenever.

77. Choice between Criminal Court and Security Guard Court. 
When a Criminal Court and a Security Guard Court have each jurisdiction in 
respect of an offence, it shall be in the discretion of the Director-General, or the 
Inspector-General or the Deputy Inspector-General, within whose command the 
accused person is serving or such other officer as may be prescribed, to decide before 
which Court the proceedings shall be instituted, and, if that officer decides that they 
shall be instituted before a Security Guard Court, to direct that the accused person 
shall be detained in Security Guard custody.

78. Power of Criminal Court to require delivery of offender.

(1) When a Criminal Court having jurisdiction is of the opinion that 
proceedings shall be instituted before itself in respect of any alleged offence, it may, 
by written notice, require the officer referred to in section 77 at his option, either to 
deliver over the offender to the nearest Magistrate to be proceeded against according 
to law, or to postpone proceedings, pending a reference to the Central Government. 
 (2) In every such case, the said officer shall either deliver over the offender 
in compliance with the requisition, or shall forthwith refer the question as to the 
Court before which the proceedings are to be instituted, for the determination of the 
Central Government whose order upon such reference shall be final. 

79. Presiding Officer. 
At every General Security Guard Court or Petty Security Guard Court, the 
senior member shall be the presiding officer. 

80. Judge Attorneys, etc. 
Every General Security Guard Court shall, and every Petty Security Guard 
Court may, be attended by a Judge Attorney or a Deputy Judge Attorney-General or 
an Additional Judge Attorney-General, or, if no such officer is available, an officer 
approved by the Judge Attorney-General or by any officer authorized in this behalf 
by the Judge Attorney General. 

81. Challenges. 
 (1) At all trials by a General Security Guard Court or by a Petty Security 
Guard Court, as soon as the Court is assembled, the names of the presiding officer 
and members shall be read over to the accused, who shall thereupon be asked 
whether he objects to being tried by any officer, sitting on the Court. 
 (2) If the accused objects to such officer, his objection and also the reply 
thereto of the officer objected to shall be heard and recorded, and the remaining 
officers of the Court shall, in the absence of the challenged officer, decide on the 
objection.
(3) If the objection is allowed by one-half or more of the votes of the 
officers entitled to vote, the objection shall be allowed, and the member objected to 
shall retire, and his vacancy may be filled in the prescribed manner, by another 
officer subject to the same right of the accused to object. 
 (4) When no challenge is made, or when a challenge has been made and 
disallowed, or the place of every officer successfully challenged has been filled by 
another officer to whom no objection is made or allowed, the Court shall proceed 
with the trial. 

82. Oaths of members, Judge Attorney and witness. 
 (1) An oath or affirmation in the prescribed manner shall be administered to 
every member of every Security Guard Court and to the Judge Attorney, or, as the 
case may be, the Deputy Judge Attorney-General or the Additional Judge AttorneyGeneral or the officer approved under section 80, before the commencement of the 
trial. 
 (2) Every person giving evidence before a Security Guard Court shall be 
examined after being duly sworn or affirmed in the prescribed form. 
 (3) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall not apply where the witness is a 
child under twelve years of age and the Security Guard Court is of the opinion that 
though the witness understands the duty of speaking the truth, he does not understand 
the nature of an oath or affirmation. 

83. Voting by members. 
 (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), every decision of a 
Security Guard Court shall be passed by an absolute majority of votes; and where 
there is an equality of votes on either the finding or the sentence, the decision shall be 
in favour of the accused. 
 (2) No sentence of death shall be passed by a General Security Guard Court 
without the concurrence of at least two-thirds of the members of the Court. 
 (3) In matters, other than a challenge or the finding or sentence, the 
presiding officer shall have a casting vote.

84. General rule as to evidence. 
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, shall subject to the provisions of this Act, 
apply to all proceedings before a Security Guard Court.

85. Judicial notice. 
A Security Guard Court may take judicial notice of any matter within the 
general knowledge of the members as officers of the Security Guard.

86. Summoning witnesses. 
 (1) The convening officer, the presiding officer of a Security Guard Court, 
the Judge Attorney or, as the case may be, the Deputy Judge Attorney-General or the 
Additional Judge Attorney-General or the officer approved under section 80 or the 
Commander of the accused person may, by summons under his hand, require the 
attendance, at a time and place to be mentioned in the summons, of any person either 
to give evidence or to produce any document or other thing. 
 (2) In the case of a witness who is subject to this Act, the summons shall be 
sent to his Commander and such officer shall serve it upon him accordingly. 
 (3) In the case of any other witness, the summons shall be sent to the 
Magistrate within whose jurisdiction he may be, or resides, and such Magistrate shall 
give effect to the summons as if the witness was required in the Court of such a 
Magistrate. 
 (4) When a witness is required to produce any particular document or other 
thing in his possession or power, the summons shall describe it with reasonable 
precision. 

87. Documents exempted from production. 
 (1) Nothing in section 86 shall be deemed to effect the operation of section 
123 and 124 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 or to apply to any letter, postcard, 
telegram or other document in the custody of the postal or telegraph authorities. 
 (2) If any document in such custody is, in the opinion of any District 
Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High Court wanted for the 
purpose of any Security Guard Court, such Magistrate or Court may require the
postal or telegraph authorities, as the case may be, to deliver such document to such 
person as such Magistrate or Court may direct. 
 (3) If any such document is, in the opinion of any other Magistrate or of any 
Commissioner of Police or District Superintendent of Police, wanted for any such 
purpose, he may require to postal or telegraph authorities, as the case may be, to 
cause such search to be made for and to detain such document pending the order of 
any such District Magistrate, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court of Session or High 
Court.

88. Commissions for examination of witnesses. 
 (1) Whenever, in the course of a trial by a Security Guard Court, it appears 
to the Court that the examination of a witness is necessary for the ends of justice, and 
that the attendance of such witness cannot be procured without an amount of delay, 
expense or inconvenience which, in the circumstances of the case, would be 
unreasonable, such Court may address the Judge Attorney-General in order that a 
commission to take the evidence of such witness may be issued.
 (2) The Judge Attorney –General may then, if he thinks necessary, issue a 
commission to any Chief Judicial Magistrate or Magistrate of the first class, within 
the local limits of whose jurisdiction such witness resides, to take the evidence of 
such witness. 
 
 (3) The Magistrate or officer to whom the commission is issued, or if he is 
the Chief Judicial Magistrate, he or such Magistrate of the first class as he appoints in 
this behalf, shall proceed to the place where the witness is, or shall summon the 
witness before him and shall take down his evidence in the same manner, and may 
for this purpose exercise the same powers, as in the trials of warrant –cause under the 
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, 
 (4) When the witness resides in a tribal area or in any place outside India, 
the commission may be issued in the manner specified in Chapter XXIII-B of the 
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

89. Examination of witness on commission. 
 (1) The prosecutor and accused person in any case in which a commission is 
issued under section 88 may respectively forward any interrogatories in writing 
which the court may think relevant to the issue, and the Magistrate or officer
executing the commission shall examine the witness upon such interrogatories. 
 
 (2) The prosecutor and the accused person may appear before such 
Magistrate of officer by counsel, or expect in the case of an accused person in 
custody, in person, and may examine, cross-examine and re-examine as the case may 
be, the said witness. 
 
 (3) After a commission issued under section 88 has been duly executed, it 
shall be returned, together with the deposition of the witness examined thereunder, to 
the Judge Attorney –General. 
 
(4) On receipt of a commission, and deposition returned under sub-section 
(3), the Judge Attorney–General shall forward the same to the Court at whose 
instance the commission was issued or, if such Court has been dissolved, to any other 
Court convened for the trial of the accused person; and the commission, the return 
thereto and the deposition shall be open to inspection by the prosecutor and the 
accused person, and may, subject to all just exceptions, be read in evidence in the 
case by either the prosecutor or the accused and shall form part of the proceedings of 
the Court. 
 
(5) In every case in which a commission is issued under section 88, the 
trial may be adjourned for specified time reasonably sufficient for the execution and 
return of the commission. 

90. Conviction of offence not charged. 
 A person charged before a Security Guard Court,- 
 
(a) With desertion may be found guilty of attempting to desert or of being absent 
without leave. 
(b) With attempting to desert may be found guilty of being absent without leave; 
(c) with using criminal force may be found guilty of assault; 
 
(d) with using threatening language may be found guilty of using insubordinate 
language; 
 
(e) with any one of the offences specified in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 
29 may be found guilty or any other of these offences with which he might have been charged; 
 
(f) with an offence punishable under section 45 may be found guilty ,of any 
other offence of which he might have been found guilty, if the provisions of 
the code of Criminal Procedue,1973 (2 of 1974), were applicable; 
(g) with any offence under this Act may, on failure of proof of an offence having 
been committed in circumstances involving a more severe punishment, be 
found guilty of the same offence as having been committed in circumstances 
involving a less severe punishment; 
(h) with any offence under this Act may be found guilty of having attempted or 
abetted the commission of that offence, although the attempt or abetment is 
not separately charged.  

91. Presumption as to signatures- 
In any proceeding under that Act, any application, certificate, warrant, reply 
or other document purporting to be signed by an officer in the service of the 
Government shall, on production, be presumed to have been duly signed by the 
person by whom and in the character in which it purports to have been signed, until 
the contrary is shown. 

92. Appointment paper.- 
 (1) Any appointment paper purporting to be signed by an appointing 
authority shall, in proceedings under this Act, be evidence of the person appointed 
having given the answers to questions which he is therein represented as having 
given. 
 
(2) The appointment of such person may be proved by the production of 
the original or a copy of his appointment paper purporting to be certified to be a true 
copy by the officer having the custody of the appointment paper. 

93. Presumption as to certain documents. - 
 (1) A letter, return or other document respecting the service of any person 
in, or the dismissal or discharge of any person from, any unit of the Security Guard, 
or respecting the circumstances of any person not having served in, or belonged to 
any unit of the Security Guard, if purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the
Central Government or the Director-General, or by any other competent authority, 
shall be evidence of the facts stated in such letter, return or other document. 
 (2) A National Security Guard List or Gazette purporting to be published 
by authority shall be evidence of the status and rank of the officers and Assistant 
Commanders therein mentioned, and of any appointment held by them and of the 
group, unit or branch of the Security Guard to which they belong. 
 (3) Where a record is made in any unit book in pursuance of this Act or of 
any rules or otherwise in the discharge of official duties, and purports to be signed by 
the Commander or by the officer whose duty it is to make such record, such record 
shall be evidence of the facts therein stated. 
 (4) A copy of any record in any unit book purporting to be certified to be a 
true copy by the officer having custody of such book shall be evidence of such 
record. 
 (5) Where any person subject to this Act is being tried on a charge of 
desertion or of absence without leave, and such person has surrendered himself into 
the custody of any officer or other person subject to this Act, or any unit of the 
Security Guard or has been apprehended by such officer or person, a certificate 
purporting to be signed by such officer, or by the Commander of the unit to which 
such person belongs, as the case may be, and stating the fact, date and place of such 
surrender or apprehension and the manner in which he was dressed, shall be evidence 
of the matters so stated. 
 (6) Where any person subject to this Act is being tried on a charge of 
desertion or of absence without leave and such person has surrendered himself into 
the custody of, or has been apprehended by, a police officer not below the rank of 
any officer in charge of a police station, a certificate purporting to be signed by such 
police officer and stating the fact, date and place of such surrender or apprehension 
and the manner in which he was dressed shall be evidence of the matters so stated. 
(7) (a) Any document purporting to be a report under the hand of a 
Government scientific expert to whom this sub-section applies, upon 
any matter or thing duly submitted to him for examination or analysis 
and report in the course of any proceeding under this Act, may be used 
as evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Act. 
(b) The Security Guard Court may, if it thinks fit, summon and examine 
any such expert as to the subject matter of his report. 
(c) Where any such expert is summoned by a Security Guard Court and he 
is unable to attend personally, he may, unless the Court has expressly 
directed him to appear personally, depute any responsible person 
working with him to attend the Court if such officer is conversant with 
the facts of the case and can satisfactorily depose in the Court on his 
behalf. 
(d) This sub-section applies to the Government scientific experts, for the 
time being specified in sub-section (4) of section 293 of the Code of 
Criminal Procedure, 1973. 

94. Reference by accused to Government officer. 
 (1) If at ant trial for desertion or absence without leave, overstaying leave 
or not rejoining when warned for service, the accused person states in his defence 
any sufficient or reasonable excuse for his unauthorized absence, and refers in 
support thereof to any officer in the service of the Government, or if it appears that 
any such officer is likely to prove or disprove the said statement in the defence, the 
Court shall address such officer and adjourn the proceedings until his reply is 
received. 
(2) The Written reply of any officer so referred to shall, if signed by him, 
be received in evidence and have the same effect as if made on oath before the Court. 
 (3) If the Court is dissolved before the receipt of such reply or if the Court 
omits to comply with the provisions of this section, the convening officer may, at his 
discretion, annul the proceedings and order a fresh trial.

95. Evidence of previous convictions and general character. 
 
(1) When any person subject to this Act has been convicted by a Security 
Guard Court of any offence, such Security Guard Court may inquire into, and receive 
and record evidence of any previous convictions of such person, either by a Security 
Guard Court or by A Criminal Court, or any previous award of punishment under 
section 51 or section 53 or section 54 and may further inquire into and record the 
general character of such person and such other matters as may be prescribed.
(2) The evidence received under this section may be either oral, or in the 
shape of entries in, or certified extracts from, books of Security Guard Courts or 
other official records; and it shall not be necessary to give notice before trial to the 
person tried that evidence as to his previous convictions or character will be received. 
 (3) At a Summary Security Guard Court, the officer holding the trial may, 
if he thinks fit, record any previous convictions against the offender, his general 
character, and such other matters as may be prescribed, as of his own knowledge, 
instead of requiring them to be proved under the foregoing provisions of his section.

96. Lunacy of accused. 
(1) Whenever, in the course of a trial by a Security Guard Court, it appears 
to the Court that the person charged is by reason of unsoundness of mind incapable 
of making his defence, or that he committed the act alleged but was by reason of 
unsoundness of mind incapable of knowing the nature of the act or knowing that it 
was wrong or contrary to law, the Court shall record a finding accordingly. 
 (2) The presiding officer of the Court, or, in the case of a Summary 
Security Guard Court, the officer holding the trial, shall forthwith report the case to 
the confirming officer, or to the authority empowered to deal with its finding under 
section 111, as the case may be. 
 (3) The confirming officer to whom the case is reported under sub-section 
(2) may, if he does not confirm the finding, take steps to have the accused person 
tried by the same or another Security Guard Court for the offence with which he was 
charged. 
 (4) The authority to whom the finding of a Summary Security Guard 
Courts is reported under sub-section (2), and a confirming officer confirming the 
finding in any case so reported to him shall order the accused person to be kept in 
custody in the prescribed manner and shall report the case for the orders of the 
Central Government. 
 (5) On receipt of a report under sub-section (4), the Central Government 
may order the accused person to be detained in a lunatic asylum or other suitable 
place of safe custody.

97. Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial.

Where any accused person, having been found by reason of unsoundness of 
mind to be incapable of making his defence, is in custody or under detention under 
section 96, any officer prescribed in this behalf, may- 
(a) if such person is in custody under sub-section (4) of section 96, on the 
report of a medical officer that he is capable of making his defence, or 
(b) if such person is detained in a jail under sub-section (5) of section 96, 
on a certificate of the Inspector-General of Prisons, and if such person 
is detained in a lunatic asylum under the said sub-section, on a 
certificate of any two or more of the visitors of such asylum and if he 
is detained in any other place under that sub-section, on a certificate of 
the prescribed authority, that he is capable of making his defence. 
Take steps to have such person tried by the same or another Security Guard Court for 
the offence with which he was originally charged or, if the offence is a civil offence, 
by a Criminal Court. 

98. Transmission to Central Government of orders under Section 97. 
A copy of every order made by an officer under section 97 for the trial of the 
accused shall forthwith be sent to the Central Government. 

99. Release of lunatic accused. 
 Where any person is in custody under sub-section (4) of section 96 or under 
detention under sub-section (5) of that section,- 
(a) if such person is in custody under the said sub-section (4), on the report 
of a medical officer, or 
(b) if such person is detained under the said sub-section (5), on a 
certificate from any of the authorities mentioned in clause (b) of 
section 97 that in the judgment of such officer or authority such person 
may be released without danger of his doing injury to himself or to any 
other person, 
the Central Government may order that such person be released or detained in 
custody, or transferred to a public lunatic asylum if he has not already been sent to 
such an asylum. 
 

100. Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives. 
Where any relative or friend of any person who is in custody under subsection (4) of section 96 or under detention under sub-section (5) of that section 
desires that he should be delivered to his care and custody, the Central Government 
may, upon application by such relative or friend and, on his giving security to the 
satisfaction of that Government that the person delivered shall be properly taken care 
of, and, prevented from doing injury to himself or to any other officer, and be 
produced for the inspection of such officer, and at such times and places, as the 
Central Government may direct, order such person to be delivered to such relative or 
friend.

101. Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial. 
When any property regarding which any offence appears to have been 
committed, or which appears to have been used for the commission of any offence, is 
produced before a Security Guard Court during a trial, the Court may make such 
order as it thinks fit for the proper custody of such property pending the conclusion 
of the trial and if the property is subject to speedy or natural decay may, after 
recording such evidence as it thinks necessary, order it to be sold or otherwise 
disposed of. 

102. Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed. 
After the conclusion of a trial before any Security Guard Court, the Court or 
the officer confirming the finding or sentence of such Security Guard Court, or any 
authority superior to such officer, or, in the case of a Summary Security Guard Court 
whose finding or sentence does not require confirmation, an officer not below the 
rank of a Deputy Inspector General within whose command the trial was held, may 
make such order as it or he thinks fit for the disposal by destruction, confiscation, 
delivery to any person claiming to be entitled to possession thereof, or otherwise, of 
any property or document produced before the Court or in its custody, or regarding 
which any offence appears to have been committed or which has been used for the 
commission of any offence. 
 (2) Where any order has been made under sub-section (1) in respect of 
property regarding which an offence appears to have been committed, a copy of such 
order signed and certified by the authority making the same may, whether the trial 
was held within India or not, be sent to a Magistrate within whose jurisdiction such 
property for the time being is situated, and such Magistrate shall thereupon cause the 
order to be carried into effect as if it were an order passed by him under the 
provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 
 (3) In this section, the term “property” includes in the case of property 
regarding which an offence appears to have been committed, not only such property 
as has been originally in the possession or under the control of any person, but also 
any property into or for which the same may have been converted or exchanged, and 
anything acquired by such conversion or exchange whether immediately or 
otherwise.

103. Powers of Security Guard Court in relation to proceedings under the Act. 
 Any trial by a Security Guard Court under the provisions of this Act shall be 
deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the 
Indian Penal Code and the Security Guard Court shall be deemed to be a Court 
within the meaning of sections 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

104. Finding and sentence not valid, unless confirmed. 
 No finding or sentence of a General Security Guard Court or a Petty Security 
Guard Court shall be valid except so far as it may be confirmed as provided by this 
Act.

105. Power to confirm finding and sentence of General Security Guard Court. 
The findings and sentences of General Security Guard Courts may be 
confirmed by the Central Government or by any officer empowered in this behalf by 
warrant of the Central Government.

106. Power to confirm finding and sentence of Petty Security Guard Court. 
 The findings and sentences of Petty Security Guard Courts may be confirmed 
by an authority or officer having power to convene a General Security Guard Court 
or by any officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of such authority or officer.

107. Limitation of powers of confirming authority. 
 A warrant issued under section 105 or section 106 may contain such 
restrictions, reservations or conditions as the authority issuing it may think fit.

108. Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences. 
Subject to such restrictions, reservations or conditions, as may be contained in 
any warrant issued under section 105 or section 106, a confirming authority may, 
when confirming the sentence of a Security Guard Court, mitigate or remit the 
punishment thereby awarded, or commute that punishment for any punishment or 
punishments lower in the scale laid down in section 47 or may set aside the 
proceedings of the trial if found to be illegal. 

109. Revision of finding or sentence. 
 (1) Any finding or sentence of a Security Guard Court which requires 
confirmation may be once revised by the order of the confirming authority and on 
such revision, the Court, if so directed by the confirming authority, may take 
additional evidence. 
 (2) The Court, on revision, shall consist of the same officers as were 
present when the original decision was passed, unless any of those officers are 
unavoidably absent. 
 (3) In case of such unavoidable absence the cause thereof shall be duly 
certified in the proceedings, and the Court shall proceed with the revision, provided 
that, if a General Security Guard Court, it still consists of five officers, or, if a Petty 
Security Guard Court, of three officers.

110. Finding and sentence of a Summary Security Guard Court. 
The finding and sentence of a Summary Security Guard Court shall not 
require to be confirmed, but may be carried out forthwith.

111. Transmission of proceedings of Summary Security Guard Court. 
The proceedings of every Summary Security Guard Court shall, without 
delay, be forwarded to the officer not below the rank of a Deputy Inspector General 
within whose command the trial was held, or to the prescribed officer, and such
officer, or the Director General or any officer empowered by him in this behalf may, 
for reasons based on the merits of the case, but not on merely technical grounds, set 
aside the proceedings, or reduce the sentence to any other sentence which the Court 
might have passed.

112. Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases. 
 (1) Where a finding of guilty by a Security Guard Court, which has been 
confirmed or which does not require confirmation, is found for any reason to be 
invalid or cannot be supported by the evidence, the authority which would have had 
power under section 124 to commute the punishment awarded by the sentence, if the 
finding had been valid, may substitute a new finding and pass a sentence for the 
offence specified or involved in such finding: 
 Provided that no such substitution shall be made unless such finding could 
have been validly made by the Security Guard Court on the charge and unless it 
appears that the Security Guard Court must have been satisfied of the facts 
establishing the said offence. 
 (2) Where a sentence passed by a Security Guard Court which has been 
confirmed, or which does not require confirmation, not being a sentence passed in 
pursuance of a new finding substituted under sub-section (1), is found for any reason 
to be invalid, the authority referred to in sub-section (1) may pass a valid sentence. 
 (3) The punishment awarded by a sentence passed under sub-section (1) or 
sub-section (2) shall not be higher in the scale of punishments than, or in excess of, 
the punishment awarded by, the sentence for which a new sentence is substituted 
under this section. 
 (4) Any finding substituted, or any sentence passed under this section 
shall, for the purposes of this Act and the rules, have effect as if it were a finding or 
sentence, as the case may be, of a Security Guard Court.

113. Remedy against order, finding or sentence of Security Guard Court. 
(1) Any person subject to this Act who considers himself aggrieved by any 
order passed by any Security Guard Court may present a petition to the officer or 
authority empowered to confirm any finding or sentence of such Security Guard 
Court, and the confirming authority may take such steps as may be considered 
necessary to satisfy itself as to the correctness, legality or propriety of the order 
passed or as to the regularity of any proceeding to which the order relates. 
 (2) Any person subject to this Act who considers himself aggrieved by a 
finding or sentence of any Security Guard Court which has been confirmed, may 
present a petition to the Central Government, the Director General, or any prescribed 
officer superior in command to the one who confirmed such finding or sentence, and 
the Central Government, the Director General, or the prescribed officer, as the case 
may be, may pass such order thereon as it or he thinks fit. 

114. Annulment of proceedings. 
 The Central Government, the Director General or an Inspector General may 
annual the proceedings of any Security Guard Court on the ground that they are 
illegal or unjust. 

115. Form of sentence of death. 
In awarding a sentence of death, a Security Guard Court shall, in its 
discretion, direct that the offender shall suffer death by being hanged by the neck 
until he be dead, or shall suffer death by being shot to death. 

116. Commencement of sentence of imprisonment. 
 Whenever any person is sentenced by a Security Guard Court under this Act 
to imprisonment, the term of his sentence shall, whether it has been revised or not, be 
reckoned to commence on the day on which the original proceedings where signed 
by the presiding officer, or in the case of a Summary Security Guard Court, by the 
Court. 
 Provided that the period of detention or confinement, if any undergone by an 
accused person, during the investigation, inquiry or trial of the case in which he is 
sentenced and before the date on which the original proceedings were signed shall be 
set-off against the term of his sentence and the liability of such person to undergo 
imprisonment shall be restricted to the remainder, if any of the term of his sentence.

117. Execution of sentence of imprisonment. 
 (1) Whenever any sentence of imprisonment is passed under this Act by a 
Security Guard Court or whenever any sentence of death is commuted to 
imprisonment, the confirming officer, or in case of a Summary Security Guard Court 
the officer holding the Court or such other officer as may be prescribed, shall, save as 
otherwise provided in sub-section (3) and (4), direct that the sentence shall be carried 
out by confinement in a civil prison. 
 (2) When a direction has been made under sub-section (1), the 
Commander of the person under sentence or such other officer as may be prescribed 
shall forward a warrant in the prescribed form to the officer in charge of the prison in 
which such person is to be confined and shall arrange for his despatch to such prison 
with the warrant. 
 (3) In the case of a sentence of imprisonment for a period not exceeding 
three months and passed under this Act by a Security Guard Court, the appropriate 
officer under sub-section (1) may direct that the sentence shall be carried out by 
confinement in Security Guard custody instead of in a civil prison. 
 (4) On active duty, a sentence of imprisonment may be carried out by 
confinement in such place as the Deputy Inspector General within whose command 
the person sentenced is serving or any prescribed officer, may, from time to time, 
appoint. 

118. Temporary custody of offender. 
Where a sentence of imprisonment is directed to be undergone in a civil 
prison the offender may be kept in Security Guard custody or in any other fit place, 
till such time as it is possible to send him to a civil prison.

119. Execution of sentence of imprisonment in special cases. 

Whenever, in the opinion of an officer not below the rank of a Deputy 
Inspector General within whose command the trial is held, any sentence or portion of 
a sentence of imprisonment cannot for special reasons, conveniently be carried out in 
Security Guard custody in accordance with the provisions of section 117, such officer 
may direct that such sentence or portion of sentence shall be carried out by 
confinement in any civil prison or other fit place. 

120. Conveyance of prisoner from place to place. 
A person under sentence of imprisonment may, during his conveyance from 
place to place, or when on board a ship, aircraft, of otherwise, be subjected to such 
restraint as is necessary for his safe conduct and removal. 

121. Communication of certain orders to prison officers. 
 Whenever an order is duly made under this Act setting aside or varying any 
sentence, order or warrant under which any person is confined in a civil prison, a 
warrant in accordance with such order shall be forwarded by the officer making the 
order or his staff officer or such other person as may be prescribed, to the officer in 
charge of the prison in which such person is confined.

122. Execution of sentence of fine. 
When a sentence of fine is imposed by a Security Guard Court under section 
45, a copy of such sentence signed and certified by the confirming officer, or where 
no confirmation is required, by the officer holding the trial may be sent to any 
Magistrate in India, and such Magistrate shall thereupon cause the fine to be 
recovered in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 
1973, as if it were a sentence of fine imposed by such Magistrate. 

123. Informality or error in the order or warrant. 
Whenever any person is sentenced to imprisonment under this Act, and is 
undergoing the sentence in any place or manner in which he might be confined under 
a lawful order or warrant in pursuance of this Act, the confinement of such person 
shall not be deemed to be illegal only by reason of informality or error in, or as 
respects, the order, warrant or other document, or the authority by which, or in 
pursuance whereof such person was brought into, or, is confined in any such place, 
and any such order, warrant or document may be amended accordingly. 

124. Pardon and remission. 
 
When any person subject to this Act has been convicted by a Security Guard 
Court of any offence, the Central Government or the Director General or, in the case 
of a sentence, which he could have confirmed or which did not require confirmation,
an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Inspector General within whose command 
such person at the time of conviction was serving, or the prescribed officer may, - 
(a) either with or without conditions which the person sentenced accepts, 
pardon the person or remit the whole or any part of the punishment 
awarded; or 
(b) mitigate the punishment awarded; or 
(c) commute such punishment for any less punishment or punishments 
mentioned in the Act; or 
(d) either with or without conditions which the person sentenced accepts, 
release the person on parole.

125. Cancellation of conditional pardon, release on parole or remission. 
 (1) If any condition on which a person has been pardoned or released on 
parole or a punishment has been remitted is, in the opinion of the authority which 
granted the pardon, release or remission not fulfilled, such authority may cancel the 
pardon, release or remission, and thereupon the sentence of the Court shall be carried 
into effect as if such pardon, release or remission had not been granted. 
 (2) A person whose sentence of imprisonment is carried into effect under 
the provisions of sub-section (1) shall undergo only the unexpired portion of his 
sentence. 

126. Suspension of sentence of imprisonment. 
 (1) Where a person subject to this Act is sentenced by a Security Guard 
Court to imprisonment, the Central Government, the Director General or any officer 
empowered to convene a General Security Guard Court may suspend the sentence 
whether or not the offender has already been committed to prison or to Security 
Guard custody. 
 (2) The authority or officer specified in sub-section (1) may, in the case of 
an offender so sentenced, direct that until the orders of such authority or officer have 
been obtained the offender shall not be committed to prison or to Security Guard 
custody.
(3) The powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) may be exercised in 
the case of any such sentence which has been confirmed, reduced or commuted. 

127. Orders pending suspension. 
 (1) Where the sentence referred to in section 126 is imposed by a Security 
Guard Court, other than a Summary Security Guard Court, the confirming officer 
may, when confirming the sentence, direct that the offender be not committed to 
prison or to Security Guard custody until the orders of the authority or officer 
specified in section 126, have been obtained. 
 (2) Where a sentence of imprisonment is imposed by a Summary Security 
Guard Court, the officer holding the trial may make the direction referred to in subsection (1). 

128. Release on suspension. 
Where a sentence is suspended under section 126, the offender shall forthwith 
be released from custody.

129. Computation of period of suspension. 
Any period during which the sentence is under suspension shall be reckoned 
as part of the term of such sentence.

130. Order after suspension. 
 The authority or officer specified in section 126 may, at any time while a 
sentence is suspended, order- 
(a) that the offender be committed to undergo the unexpired portion of the 
sentence; or 
(b) that the sentence be remitted. 

131. Reconsideration of case after suspension. 
 
(1) Where a sentence has been suspended, the case may at any time, and 
shall at intervals of not more that four months, be reconsidered by the authority or 
officer specified in section 126, or by any officer not below the rank of a Deputy 
Inspector General duly authorized by the authority or officer specified in section 126. 
 (2) Where on such reconsideration by the officer so authorized it appears 
to him that the conduct of the offender sine his conviction has been such as to justify 
a remission of the sentence, he shall refer the matter to the authority or officer 
specified in section 126. 

132. Fresh sentence after suspension. 
Where an offender, while a sentence on him is suspended under this Act, is 
sentenced for any other offence, then- 
(a) if the further sentence is also suspended under this Act, the two 
sentences shall run concurrently; 
(b) if the further sentence is for a period of three months or more and is 
not suspended under this Act, the offender shall also be committed to 
prison or Security Guard custody for the unexpired portion of the 
previous sentence, but both sentences shall run concurrently; and 
(c) if the further sentence is for a period of less than three months and is 
not suspended under this Act, the offender shall be so committed on 
that sentence only, and the previous sentence shall, subject to any order 
which may be passed under section 130 or section 131 continue to be 
suspended. 

133. Scope of power of suspension. 
The powers conferred by sections 126 and 130 shall be in addition to, and not 
in derogation of, the power of mitigation, remission and commutation

134. Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal. 
 (1) Where in addition to any other sentence the punishment of dismissal 
has been awarded by a Security Guard Court, and such other sentence is suspended 
under section 126, then, such dismissal shall not take effect until so ordered by the 
authority or officer specified in section 126. 
(2) If such other sentence is remitted under section 130, the punishment of 
dismissal shall also be remitted. 

135. Rank Structure. 
 (1) The officers and other members of the Security Guard shall be 
classified in accordance with their ranks in the following categories, namely:- 
(a) Officers- 
(i) Director-General. 
(ii) Additional Director-General. 
(iii) Inspector-General. 
(iv) Deputy Inspector-General. 
(v) Group Commander. 
(vi) Squadron Commander. 
(vii) Team Commander. 
(b) Assistant Commanders- 
(viii) Assistant Commander Grade I. 
(ix) Assistant Commander Grade II. 
(x) Assistant Commander Grade III. 
(c) persons other than officers and Assistant Commanders- 
(xi) Ranger Grade I. 
(xii) Ranger Grade II. 
(xiii) Combatised tradesmen. 
(2) The matters relating to inter se seniority of persons belonging to the 
same rank shall be determined in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed. 
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Director-General 
may, subject to confirmation by the Central Government as provided hereinafter, 
grant to an officer or Assistant Commander Grade I a rank, mentioned in clause (a) of 
sub-section (1) as a local rank, whenever considered necessary by him in the interest 
of better functioning of the Security Guard. 
(4) An officer or Assistant Commander Grade I holding a local rank,- 
(a) shall exercise the command and be vested with the powers of an officer 
holding that rank; 
(b) shall case to hold that rank, if the grant of such rank is not confirmed 
within one month by the Central Government, or when so ordered by 
the Director-General or when he ceases to hold the appointment for 
which the rank was granted; 
(c) shall not be entitled to claim any seniority over other officers by virtue 
of his having held such local rank; and 
(d) shall not be entitled to any extra pay for holding such rank. 

136. Deductions from pay and allowances. 
 (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), the following deductions 
may be made from the pay and allowances of any officer, that is to say,- 
(a) all pay and allowances due to an officer for every day he absents 
himself without leave, unless a satisfactory explanation has been given 
and accepted by the Inspector-General under whom he is for the time 
being serving, and for every day of imprisonment awarded by a 
Criminal Court or a Security Guard Court; 
(b) any sum required to make good the pay of any person subject to this 
Act which the officer has unlawfully retained or unlawfully refused to 
pay; 
(c) any sum required to be paid as fine imposed by a Criminal Court; 
(d) any sum required to make up any loss, damage or destruction of public 
property or property belonging to the Security Guard which, after due 
investigation, appears to the Inspector-General under whom the officer 
is for the time being serving, to have been occasioned by wrongful act 
or negligence on the part of the officer; 
(e) any sum required by an order of the Central Government to be paid for 
the maintenance of his wife or his legitimate or illegitimate child or 
step-child or towards the cost of any relief given by the said 
Government to the said wife or child. 
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), the following deductions 
may be made from the pay and allowances of a person subject to this Act, other than 
an officer, that is to say,- 
(a) all pay and allowances due to him for every day of absence either on 
desertion or without leave unless a satisfactory explanation has been 
given and accepted by his Commander and for every day of 
imprisonment awarded by a Criminal Court, a Security Guard Court or 
an Officer exercising authority under section 51; 
(b) any sum required to make good the pay of any person subject to this 
Act which he has unlawfully retained or unlawfully refused to pay; 
(c) any sum required to make good such compensation for any expenses, 
loss, damage or destruction caused by him to the Central Government 
or to any building or property or any private fund of the Security 
Guard as may be awarded by his Commander; 
(d) any sum required to be paid as fine imposed by a Criminal Court; 
(e) any sum required by an order of the Central Government to be paid for 
the maintenance of his wife or his legitimate or illegitimate child or 
step-child or towards the cost of any relief given by the said 
Government to the said wife or child. 
(3) (i) No person shall be treated as absent or under imprisonment for 
a day unless the absence or imprisonment has lasted, whether wholly in 
one day or party in one day and partly in another, for six consecutive 
hours or upwards. 
(ii) Any absence or Imprisonment for less than a day may be 
reckoned as absence or imprisonment for a day if such absence or 
imprisonment prevented the absentee from fulfilling any duty as a 
member of the Security Guard which was thereby thrown upon some 
other member.
4. The total deductions from the pay and allowances of a person made 
under clauses (b) to (e) of sub-section (I) or clauses (b) to (e) of sub-section (2) shall 
not, except where he is sentenced to dismissal, exceed in any one month, one-half of 
his day and allowance for that month. 
 5. Any sum authorised by this Act to be deducted from the pay and 
allowances of any person may, without prejudice to any other mode or recovering the 
same, be deducted from any public money due to him other than a pension. 
 6. The following shall be the authorities competent to order deductions 
from pay and allowances under this Act, namely: - 
(a) Commanders not below the rank of Group Commanders, in the case of 
persons other than officers; 
(b) Inspector-General, in the case of officers. 
7. Any authority superior to the one ordering any deduction under this act 
shall be competent to remit the whole or part of the said deduction. 
8. Any power conferred by the provisions of this section on an officer 
may be exercised by an officer or authority superior in command to the first 
mentioned officer 

137. Powers and duties conferrable and imposable on members of the Security 
Guard. 
(1) The Central Government may, by general or special order, published in 
the Official Gazette, direct that, subject to such conditions and limitations as may be 
specified in the order, any member of the Security Guard may exercise or discharge 
such of the powers or duties under any Central Act as may be specified in the said 
order, being the powers and duties which, in the opinion of the Central Government, 
an officer of the corresponding or lower rank is by such Central Act empowered to 
exercise or discharge for the said purposes. 
 (2) The Central Government may, by general or special order published in 
the Official Gazette, confer or impose, with the concurrence of the State Government 
concerned, any of the powers or duties which may be exercised or discharged under a 
State Act by a police officer upon a member of the Security Guard who, in the 
opinion of the Central Government, holds a corresponding or higher rank. 
 (3) Every order made under this section 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 order or both Houses agree that the order should not be made, the 
order 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 order.

138. Protection for acts of members of the Security Guard. 
(1) In any suit or proceeding against any member of the Security Guard for 
any act done by him in pursuance of a warrant or order of a competent authority, it 
shall be lawful for him to plead that such act was done by him under the authority of 
such warrant or order. 
 (2) Any such plea may be proved by the production of the warrant or order 
directing the act, and if it is so proved the member of the Security Guard shall 
thereupon be discharged from liability in respect of the act so done by him, 
notwithstanding any defect in the jurisdiction of the authority which issued such 
warrant or order. 
 (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time 
being in force, any legal proceeding (whether civil or criminal) which may lawfully 
be brought against any member of the Security Guard for anything done or intended 
to be done under the powers conferred by, or in pursuance of, any provision of this 
Act or the rules, shall be commenced within three months after the act complained of 
was committed and not otherwise, and notice in writing of such proceeding and of 
the cause thereof shall be given to the defendant or his superior officer at least one 
month before the commencement of such proceeding.

139. Power to make rules. 
 (1) The Central Government may, be notification, make rules for carrying 
out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing 
power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: - 
(a) the manner in which the Security Guard shall be constituted and the 
conditions of service of its members under sub-section (1) of section 4; 
(b) the nature of the book or letter or other document, the communication 
or publication whereof would not be restricted by sub-section (1) of 
section 12; 
(c) the purposes other than political purposes for which a person subject to 
the Act shall not participate in, or address any meeting or 
demonstration under sub-section (2) of section 12; 
(d) the purposes for which the forfeiture of service as a punishment may 
be inflicted under sub-section (1) of section 47; 
(e) the manner in which officers may be proceeded against under section 
53 and sub-section (1) and (2) of section 54; 
(f) the manner in which and the period for which any person subject to 
this Act may be taken into and detained in Security Guard custody 
pending his trial under sub-section (4) of section 56; 
(g) the manner in which a Court of inquiry enquiring into the absence of 
person, shall administer oath or affirmation under sub-section (1) of 
section 60; 
(h) the manner in which a vacancy may be filled in on the retirement of a 
member of General Security Guard Court or a Petty Security Guard 
Court under sub-section (3) of section 81; 
(i) the manner in which oath or affirmation shall be administered to the 
members of the Security Guard Courts and the Judge Attorney, etc., 
under sub-section (1) of section 82; 
(j) the manner in which a person giving evidence before a Security Guard 
Court shall be sworn or affirmed in under sub-section (2) of section 82;
(k) the manner in which a Security Guard Court when convicting a person 
may inquire into under sub-section (1) of section 95; 
(l) the manner in which an accused person shall be kept in custody under 
sub-section (4) of section 96; 
(m) the form of the warrant which shall be forwarded to the officer in 
charge of the prison in which a person under sentence of imprisonment 
is to be conferred under sub-section (2) of section 117; 
(n) the person who shall forward the warrant for the confinement of a 
person in a civil prison under section 121; 
(o) the matters relating to inter se seniority of persons belonging to the 
same rank under sub-section (2) of section 135; 
(p) the authorities or officers to be prescribed under section 7, sub-section 
(2) of section 10, sub-section (1) of section 12, section 77, section 97, 
section 111, sub-section (2) of section 113, sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) 
of section 117 and section 124; 
(q) any other matter which is to be, or may be prescribed or in respect of 
which this Act makes no provision or makes insufficient provision and 
provision is, in the opinion of the Central Government, necessary for 
the proper implementation of this Act. 
(3) Every rule 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 House agree 
in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule 
should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified 
form or be 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. 

140. Provisions as to existing National Security Guard. 

(1) The National Security Guard in existence at the commencement of this 
Act shall be deemed to be the Security Guard constituted under this Act. 
 (2) The members of the National Security Guard in existence at the 
commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been appointed as such under 
this Act. 
 (3) Anything done or any action taken before the commencement of this 
Act in relation to the constitution of the National security Guard referred to in subsection (1), in relation to any person appointed, shall be as valid and as effective in 
law as if such thing or action was done or taken under this Act: 
 Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall render any person guilty of any 
offence in respect of anything done or omitted to be done by him before the 
commencement of this Act.