Section 30 of the Army Act, 1950 – Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest

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Section 30: Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest

  • (1) No presiding officer or member of a court-martial, no judge advocate, no party to any proceeding before a court-martial, or his legal practitioner or agent, and no witness acting in obedience to a summons to attend a court-martial shall, while proceeding to, attending or returning from, a court-martial, be liable to arrest under civil or revenue process.
  • (2) If any such person is arrested under any such process, he may be discharged by order of the courtmartial.

Source: official text of The Army Act, 1950 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Army Act, 1950.

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