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The following Acts of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 20th May, 1950 and is hereby published for general information:—

NO. XLVI of 1950

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the government of the regular Army.

it enacted by Parliament as follows: —

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Army Act, 1950.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf.

2. Persons subject to this Act.—(1) The following persons shall be subject to this Act wherever they may be, namely:—
 * (a) officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers of the regular Army;
 * (b) persons enrolled under this Act;
 * (c) persons belonging to the Indian Reserve Forces;
 * (d) persons belonging to the Indian Supplementary Reserve Forces when called out for service or when carrying out the annual test;
 * (e) officers of the Territorial Army, when doing duty as such officers, and enrolled persons of the said Army when called out or embodied or attached to any regular forces, subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be made in the application of this Act to such persons under

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