An Act to enable certain special powers to be conferred upon members of the armed forces in disturbed areas in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 has 7 sections in 1 chapters, amended 5 times. Each link below opens the official text of that section. Official PDF on India Code.
- Section 1 – Short title and extent
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Power to declare areas to be disturbed areas
- Section 4 – Special powers of the armed forces
- Section 5 – Arrested persons to be made over to the police
- Section 6 – Protection to persons acting under Act
- Section 7 – Repealed (omitted/repealed)