Navy Act Sections 145 and 146 explained: interim custody of case property, perishable property, post-trial destruction, confiscation, return to entitled claimants, one-month waiting rule, Magistrate execution and converted property.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 168-170 explained: appointment and qualifications of JAG(N), Deputy JAG and judge advocates, statutory legal and judicial functions, acting JAG during absence, Section 160 review and independence safeguards.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 165–167 explained: civilian witness defaults, contempt, court-martial summons, aiding escape, prison contraband, interference with prison officers and gaoler liability.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 157-159 explained: naval prisons and detention quarters, execution of fines, BNSS fine recovery, prison regulations, good-conduct remission, discipline and limits on corporal punishment.
Read MoreA detailed guide to Navy Act Sections 147–156 covering execution of death sentences, imprisonment and detention, commencement and pre-trial custody set-off, consecutive sentences, transfer, naval custody and removal of prisoners of unsound mind.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 143–144 explained: mental incapacity during court martial, fitness to defend, insanity at the time of offence, special findings, safe custody, retrial and AFT challenge.
Read MoreDetailed guide to Navy Act Sections 119-123 covering post-conviction character evidence, mitigation, sentence deliberation, announcement, adjournment, member absence and dissolution of naval courts martial.
Read MoreNavy Act Section 164 explained: suspension of imprisonment or detention before or after committal, Regulations 96–105, three-month review, twelve-month ceiling, consequential penalties, remission and the distinct AFT power to suspend sentence.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 131–137 explained: accused as defence witness, no adverse inference from silence, judicial notice, service-document presumptions, witness summons, commissions and the TJA’s power to call essential witnesses.
Read MoreNavy Act Sections 128-130 explained: transmission of court-martial proceedings to JAG(N), Regulation 192, right to a free copy, one-year demand limit, and the Evidence Act/Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam transition.
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