# Army and Air Force Act 1961 (repealed) 9 & 10 Eliz. 2 c. 52 · enacted 27 July 1961 · revised to 31 October 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/army-and-air-force-act-1961-repealed/pdf/ukpga_19610052_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4—7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Air Force Enlistment ## 8—12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Provisions as to forfeiture of service in certain cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Amendment of Provisions as to Enlistment, Service and Discharge of Men of the Royal Marines ## 16 Amendment of provisions as to enlistment, service and discharge of men of the Royal Marines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Amendments as to Discipline, &c., applicable alike to Army Act,1955, and Air Force Act,1955 ## 18—20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Powers of commanding as ot the reduction in acting rank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Power of authority reviewing summary findings and awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Amendments as to persons qualified to hold inquiries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Other Amendments applicable alike to Army Act,1955, and Air Force Act,1955 ## 27 Deduction from pay of civil penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Extension of power to order compensation for loss occasioned by wrongful act or negligence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Extension of power of enforcement of maitenance order by deduction from pay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Persons whose duty it is to sign certificates of arrest or surrender of deserters and absentees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Extension of penal Provisions of Army Act, 1955, to Acts and Omissions relating to Aircraft and aircraft Material ## 31–34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Colonial, &c., Forces ## 35 Application of Army Act, 1955, and Air Force Act, 1955, to members of force of colony serving outside it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Provision for employment of British protected persons in colonial, &c., military and air forces. 1700 c. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Miscellaneous Provisions ## 37 Amendments consequential on creation of ranks of lance-corporal and lance-bombardier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Minor and consequential amendments of enactments and transitional provisions as to punishment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Short Title, Construction and Commencement ## 39 Short title, construction and commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule FIRST: Amendments of Part I of Seventh Schedule to Army Act, 1955 ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4, 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule SECOND Minor and consequential Amendments of Enactments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule THIRD: Transitional Provisions as to Punishments ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/52 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/army-and-air-force-act-1961-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.