Section 180: Rules of procedure and other rules, etc.
The President may make rules of procedure generally for the purposes of this Act and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, rules may be made-(a) for the convening, constitution and conduct of courts-martial;
(b) with respect to the execution of sentences of death under this Act, including the manner and place where the executions are to be carried out and the custody, treatment and removal of persons under sentences of death;
(c) for the execution of sentences of imprisonment, including-
(i) the prisons, civil or otherwise, in which those sentences are to be served;
(ii) the classification, treatment, employment, discipline, control, removal and temporary release on compassionate grounds of persons serving those sentences; and
(iii) the appointment, powers and duties of inspectors, visitors, governors and other members of the staff and officers in charge of persons serving those sentences;
(d) for the convening, constitution and procedure of boards of inquiry, the rules of evidence to be observed and the taking of evidence by those boards, including the administration of oaths and affirmations to witnesses and the making of reports by the boards;
(e) with respect to field punishment;
(f) in respect of matters for which rules may be made under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act;
(g) for such incidental and supplementary matters as appear requisite for the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this subsection.
Cite this section
Section 180, ARMED FORCES ACT (1994).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/armed-forces-act/section/180/