1. (1) This Act may be called the Inter-services Organisations (Command, Control
and Discipline) Act, 2023.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Short title and
commencement.
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 15th August, 2023/Sravana 24, 1945 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
15th August, 2023 and is hereby published for general information:—
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II — Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 32] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2023/SRAVANA 24, 1945 (SAKA)
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2. The provisions of this Act shall apply to all persons who are subject to the Air
Force Act, 1950, the Army Act, 1950 and the Navy Act, 1957, and to persons of such other
forces as the Central Government may specify, by notification, under section 4, who are
serving in or attached to an Inter-services Organisation.
3. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Air Officer" means any officer of the Air Force above the rank of group
captain;
(b) "Chief of Defence Staff" means an officer of the regular Army, or the Indian
Navy, or the Air Force, as the case may be, appointed as such by the Central
Government;
(c) "Commander-in-Chief" means a General Officer of the regular Army, or a
Flag Officer of the Indian Navy, or an Air Officer of the Air Force, appointed as
Commander-in-Chief of a Joint Services Command, and in his absence, the officer on
whom the command devolves;
(d) "Commanding Officer" means the officer in actual command of the unit, ship
or establishment and includes an officer appointed as such by the Commander-in-Chief
or the Officer-in-Command, as the case may be, of an Inter-services Organisation;
(e) "Flag Officer" means an officer of the rank of Admiral of the Fleet, Admiral,
Vice-Admiral or Rear-Admiral;
(f) "General Officer" means an officer of the regular Army above the rank of
Brigadier;
(g) "Inter-services Organisation" means a body of troops including a Joint
Services Command consisting of persons, subject to the Air Force Act, 1950, the
Army Act, 1950 and the Navy Act, 1957 or any two of the said Acts;
(h) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(i) "officer", in relation to an Inter-services Organisation, means an officer as
defined in clause (xxiii) of section 4 of the Air Force Act, 1950, or clause (xviii) of
section 3 of the Army Act, 1950, or clause (16) of section 3 of the Navy Act, 1957, as
the case may be;
(j) "Officer-in-Command" of an Inter-services Organisation means either a
General Officer of the regular Army, or a Flag Officer of the Indian Navy, or an Air
Officer of the Air Force, appointed as the Officer-in-Command of an Inter-services
Organisation, other than Joint Services Command, and in his absence, the officer on
whom the command devolves;
(k) "regulations" means the regulations made under the respective Service
Acts;
(l) "rules" means the rules made under this Act and under the respective Service
Acts, as the case may be;
(m) "Service Acts" means the Air Force Act, 1950, or the Army Act, 1950, or the
Navy Act, 1957 or any two of the said Acts or all the said Acts; and
(n) "service personnel" means persons who are subject to any of the Service
Acts.
(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Air Force
Act, 1950, or the Army Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957 shall have the meanings, respectively,
assigned to them under the said Acts.