Subject to the provisions of subsection two of section seventy-five of this Act, but notwithstanding any other provision of this Part of this Act, the charges that may be dealt with summarily by a commanding officer and the charges that may be dealt with summarily by an authority under section eighty-six of this Act shall be such as may be prescribed by Army Orders.

In such cases as may be prescribed in that behalf by Army Orders, the powers of a commanding officer or of an authority dealing with the case under section eighty-six of this Act to award punishment shall, notwithstanding anything in this Part of this Act, be subject to such limitations as may be so prescribed.

Nothing in this section shall prevent a commanding officer or an authority dealing with the case under section eighty-six of this Act from dismissing any charge.”

At any time after a Court Martial has sentenced an accused, but not later than the prescribed time after confirmation is completed, the accused may in the prescribed manner present a petition against finding or sentence or both.”

The confirming authority may, when confirming the sentence of any Court Martial, remit in whole or in part the punishment thereby awarded or commute that punishment for one or more punishments provided in this Act, being less than the punishment commuted.

The confirming authority may, when confirming any sentence, postpone the carrying out of the sentence for such time as seems expedient, and may extend or terminate any postponement ordered under this subsection.

Subject to the provisions of subsection five of section seven of the Courts Martial Appeals Act 1953, a sentence of imprisonment or detention awarded by a Court Martial which is postponed under this section shall begin to run from the beginning of the day on which the sentence was originally pronounced by the Court Martial.

An authority having power under this section to remit or commute any punishment may, if he thinks fit, do both or either of those things in respect of a person subject to that punishment.

The provisions of this Act with respect to an original sentence of imprisonment or detention shall apply to a sentence of imprisonment or detention imposed by way of commutation.

A finding or sentence of a Court Martial which has been confirmed may at any time be reviewed by a reviewing authority, and, if, after confirmation of a finding or sentence, a petition is duly presented under section one hundred and twenty-two A of this Act against the finding or sentence, then, subject to the provisions of this section, the finding or sentence shall be so reviewed as soon as may be after the presentation of the petition and after consideration of the matters alleged therein.

The reviewing authorities for the purposes of this Act are the following:

If an application for leave to appeal is received by the Registrar of the Courts Martial Appeal Court, or the said Registrar receives particulars of such an application furnished in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection three of section seven of the Courts Martial Appeals Act 1953, so much of subsection one of this section as requires the review of a finding or sentence against which a petition has been presented shall thereupon cease to apply to the finding to which the application for leave to appeal relates and the sentence in consequence of that finding.

On a review under this section, the reviewing authority may,—

and any sentence having effect after the remission or commutation of punishment shall be treated for all purposes as a sentence of the Court duly confirmed.

Where a reviewing authority exercises any of the powers conferred by subsection four of this section, the determination of the authority shall be promulgated and shall have effect as from the promulgation thereof.

Sentences of imprisonment and detention awarded by Court Martial may be reconsidered by such officers (not below the rank of brigadier or corresponding naval or air force rank) as may be so appointed for the purpose by the Army Board; and, if on any such reconsideration it appears that the conduct of the offender since his conviction has been such as to justify remission of the sentence, whether in whole or in part, it shall be remitted accordingly.

The power to reconsider a sentence may be exercised at any time after confirmation, and,—

Where a soldier has been sentenced by Court Martial to imprisonment or detention, the confirming authority may, when confirming the sentence, order that the sentence be suspended.

Any such sentence of imprisonment or detention which is not for the time being suspended may, on the review or reconsideration of the sentence, be suspended by order of the authority reviewing or reconsidering the sentence.

The suspension of any such sentence may (without in any way limiting the power of again suspending the sentence) be terminated on the review or reconsideration of the sentence by the order of the reviewing or reconsidering authority committing the soldier to imprisonment or detention, as the case may be.

Where a soldier, while a sentence on him is so suspended, is sentenced by Court Martial to imprisonment or detention for another offence (whether committed before or after the offence the sentence for which is so suspended), then—

“Provided that this subsection shall have effect subject to the provisions of subsection five of section sixty-four of this Act:

“Provided further that any suspended sentence of detention shall be deemed to be remitted on the confirmation of any subsequent sentence of imprisonment.

Without in any way limiting the power to suspend further the earlier sentence, an order under subsection four of this section directing that the suspension of that sentence shall be terminated shall not be affected by the later sentence not being confirmed or by its being quashed.

Where a sentence of imprisonment or detention is suspended under this section before the soldier has been committed to prison or detention barracks, the soldier if in custody shall be released, and, notwithstanding anything in this Act, the sentence shall not begin to run until the soldier is ordered to be committed to prison or detention barracks under that sentence:

“Provided that, where the sentence is suspended by the confirming authority and the reviewing authority terminates the suspension, the reviewing authority may direct that the sentence shall run from such earlier date, not earlier than the day on which the sentence was originally pronounced by the Court Martial, as the reviewing authority may specify.

Where a sentence of imprisonment or detention is suspended under this section after the soldier has been committed to prison or detention barracks, he shall be released, and the currency of the sentence shall be suspended from the day on which he is released until he is again ordered to be committed to prison or detention barracks under the same sentence.

Every sentence suspended under this section shall be deemed to be remitted at the expiration of one year or the term of the sentence (whichever is the longer period) computed from the date on which the original sentence was signed, unless before the expiration of that period the sentence has been remitted under the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-three or section one hundred and twenty-three b of this Act or the soldier has since the suspension been committed to prison or detention barracks.”