Chapter VI — OFFENCES

Section 72Civil offences not triable by court-martial

Section 72: Civil offences not triable by court-martial

72. Civil offences not triable by court-martial

A person subject to this Act who commits an offence of murder against a person not subject to military, naval or air force law, or of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against such a person or of rape in relation to such a person, shall not be deemed to be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall not be tried by a court-martial, unless he commits any of the said offences

(a)

while on active service, or

(b)

at any place outside India, or

(c)

at a frontier post specified by the said Government by notification in this behalf.

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Amendment notes (1)
  1. omitted w.e.f. 25-1-1975 . The Explanation omitted by Act 13 of 1975, s. 2 (w.e.f. 25-1-1975).