The Army (Amendment) Act, 1992, 37 of 1992 (Rep., Act 30 of 2001)

Section 15. In section 142 of the principal Act, in sub-section (7), after the words "Assistant Chemical Examine

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15. In section 142 of the principal Act, in sub-section (7), after the words "Assistant Chemical Examiner to Ciovern~nent", the words "of any of-' the Go~,rcrnment scientific experts, namely, the Chief Inspector. of the Explosives, tl~e Director of the Finger Print Bureau, the Director, Haffkeine Institrrte, Bombay, the L)irector of a Central Forensic Scienca Laboratory or a State Forensic Science Laboratory and the Serologist to the Government" shall be inserted. Amendment of sections 142. 16. In section 152 of the principal Act, for the words and Egures "sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 189B1', the words and figures "seclions 345 and 346 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973" shall be substituted. Amendment of section 1.52. 1'7. After section 169, of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- Insertion of new section 169A. "169A. When a person or oficer subject to this Act is sentenced by a court-martial to a term of inlprisoi~ment, not being a n imprisonment in default of payinent of fine, the period spent by him in - civil or military custody during investigation, inquiry or trial of the same case, and before thc date of order of such sentence, shall be set off against the term of in~prisoninent imposed upon him, anrl the liability of such person or officer to undergo imprisonnlent on such order of sentence shall be restricted to the remainder, if any, of the tenn of imprisonn~ent imposed upon him.". Period of custody undergone by the officer or person to be set off against the `im-` prisos ment. 18. in section 191 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), clause (c) shall be omitted. Amend- ment &' section 191. |19.|19.ChapterXVIof|the principal|Act and the|heading|relating|Omission| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

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