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Section 20: Dismissal, removal or reduction by the Chief of the Army Staff and by other officers
- (1) 1[The Chief of the Army Staff] may dismiss or remove from the service any person subject to this Act other than an officer.
- (2) 1[The Chief of the Army Staff] may reduce to a lower grade or rank or the ranks, any warrant officer or any non-commissioned officer.
- (3) An officer having power not less than a brigade or equivalent commander or any prescribed officer may dismiss or remove from the service any person serving under his command other than an officer or a junior commissioned officer.
- (4) Any such officer as is mentioned in sub-section (3) may reduce to a lower grade or rank or the ranks, any warrant officer or any non-commissioned officer under his command.
- (5) A warrant officer reduced to the ranks under this section shall not, however, be required to serve in the ranks as a sepoy.
- (6) The commanding officer of an acting non-commissioned officer may order him to revert to his permanent grade as a non-commissioned officer, or if he has no permanent grade above the ranks, to the ranks.
- (7) The exercise of any power under this section shall be subject to the said provisions contained in this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
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