Section 1. Short title and commencement

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement .—(1) This Act may be called the Inter-services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Act, 2023. (2) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 1. 10[th] May, 2024, Vide notification No. S.R.O. 13(E), dated 08[th] May, 2024, see Gazette of India, Part II, sec. 4. (i) "officer", in relation to an Inter-services Organisation, means an officer as defined in clause (xxiii) of section 4 of the Air Force Act, 1950, (45 of 1950), or clause (xviii) of section 3 of the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), or clause (16) of section 3 of the Navy Act, 1957, (62 of 1957) as the case may be; (j) "Officer-in-Command" of an Inter-services Organisation means either a General Officer of the regular Army, or a Flag Officer of the Indian Navy, or an Air Officer of the Air Force, appointed as the Officer-in-Command of an Inter-services Organisation, other than Joint Services Command, and in his absence, the officer on whom the command devolves; (k) "regulations" means the regulations made under the respective Service Acts; (l) "rules" means the rules made under this Act and under the respective Service Acts, as the case may be; (m) "Service Acts" means the Air Force Act, 1950, (45 of 1950), or the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), or the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957) or any two of the said Acts or all the said Acts; and (n) "service personnel" means persons who are subject to any of the Service Acts. (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Air Force Act, 1950, (45 of 1950), or the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950), or the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957)shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them under the said Acts.