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The Bangladesh Rifles Order, 1972 (President's Order)

( PRESIDENT'S ORDER NO. 148 OF 1972 )

10B. (1) A subordinate officer or a Rifleman or a Signalman who-
 
 
 
 
(a) is in a state of intoxication when on or detailed for any duty, or on parade, or on the line march; or
 
 
 
 
(b) strikes, or forces or attempts to force, any sentry; or
 
 
 
 
(c) being in command of a guard, picquet or patrol, refuses to receive any prisoner duly committed to his charge, or, whether in such command or not, releases any prisoner without proper authority or negligently suffers any prisoner to escape; or
 
 
 
 
(d) being deputed to any guard, picquet or patrol, quits it without being regularly relieved or without leave; or
 
 
 
 
(e) being in command of a guard, picquet or patrol, permits gambling or other behaviour prejudicial to good order and discipline; or
 
 
(f) being under arrest or in confinement, leaves his arrest or confinement before he is set at liberty by proper authority; or
 
 
 
 
(g) is grossly insubordinate or insolent to his officer in the execution of his office; or
 
 
 
 
(h) refuses to superintend or assist in the making of any field work or other military work of any description ordered to be made either in quarters or in the field; or
 
 
 
 
(i) strikes or otherwise ill-uses a subordinate officer or a Rifleman or a Signalman subordinate to him in rank or position; or
 
 
 
 
(j) being in command at any post or on the march and receiving a complaint that any one under his command has beaten or otherwise maltreated or oppressed any person, or has committed any riot or trespass, fails, on proof of the truth of the complaint, to have due reparation made as far as possible to the injured person and to report the case to the proper authority; or
 
 
 
 
(k) designedly or through neglect injures or loses or fraudulently or without due authority disposes of his arms, clothes, tools, equipment, ammunition, accoutrements any means of transport or other necessaries, or any such articles entrusted to him or belonging to any other person; or
 
 
 
 
(l) malingers, feigns or produces disease or infirmity in himself, or intentionally delays his cure or aggravates his disease or infirmity; or
 
 
 
 
(m) with intent to render himself or any other person unfit for service, voluntarily causes hurt to himself or any other person; or
 
 
 
 
(n) commits extortion, or without proper authority exacts from any person carriage, porterage or provisions; or
 
 
 
 
(o) designedly or through neglect kills, injures, makes away with, ill-treats or loses his horse or any animal used in the public service; or
 
 
 
 
(p) disobeys the lawful command of his officer; or
 
 
(q) plunders, destroys or damages any property of any kind; or
 
 
 
 
(r) being a sentry, sleeps at his post or quits it without being regularly relieved or without leave; or
 
 
 
 
(s) deserts or attempts to desert the service or absents himself without leave; or
 
 
 
 
(t) accepts illegal gratification from any person; or
 
 
 
 
(u) designedly or through neglect fails to apprehend an offender; or
 
 
 
 
(v) designedly or through neglect fails to perform his duties; or
 
 
 
 
(w) neglects to obey Force orders or Wing orders or any other orders or rules made under this Order or commits any act or omission prejudicial to good order and discipline, such act or omission not constituting any offence under the Penal Code or any other law in force in Bangladesh;
 
 
 
 
shall, on conviction by a Special Summary Court, be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and with fine which may extend to Taka two hundred.
 
 
 
 
(2) The Special Summary Court may take cognizance of offence punishable under this Article either of its own motion or on complaint by any person and shall follow such procedures as may be prescribed.
 
 
 
 
(3) A subordinate officer or a Rifleman or a Signalman on conviction by a Special Summary Court under this Article may prefer an appeal to the Sector Commander or to an officer of equivalent rank in the line of command within fifteen days of announcement of the judgement; and a second appeal may be preferred to the 1[Director-General] within thirty days of disposal of the first appeal.]

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    The words “Director-General” were substituted for the word “Director” by section 4 of the Bangladesh Rifles (Amendment) Act, 1975 (Act No. XL of 1975)
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