It provides the legal framework for maintaining order and discipline among army personnel and defines their rights, duties, and liabilities.
Disciplinary Provisions: Defines offenses like disobedience, desertion, mutiny, and insubordination.
Lays down punishments, including dismissal, imprisonment, and even the death penalty in extreme cases (e.g., mutiny).
Summary General Court-Martial (SGCM): Conducted in urgent situations, even in active operations.
Special Provisions: Protects army personnel from civil court trials for actions taken in line of duty (except in certain cases).