Section 6: Special provision as to rank in certain cases
- (1) The Central Government may, by notification, direct that any persons or class of persons subject to this Act under 1[clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 2] shall be so subject as officers, junior commissioned officers, warrant officers or non-commissioned officers and may authorise any officer to give a like direction and to cancel such direction.
- (2) All persons subject to this Act other than officers, junior commissioned officers, warrant officers and non-commissioned officers shall, if they are not persons in respect of whom a notification or direction under sub-section (1) is in force, be deemed to be of a rank inferior to that of a non-commissioned officer.
Source: official text of The Army Act, 1950 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Army Act, 1950.