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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Army Act, 1950 Section 158

Power of Confirming Authority to Mitigate, Remit or Commute Sentences

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Army Act, 1950 Section 158 is part of Army Act, 1950 - Power of Confirming Authority to Mitigate, Remit or Commute Sentences. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

( 1) Subject to such restrictions, reservations or conditions as may be contained in any warrant issued under section 154 or section 155 and to the provision of sub-section( 2), a confirming authority may, when confirming the sentence of a court-martial, mitigate or remit the punishment thereby awarded, or commute that punishment for any punishment or punishments lower in the scale laid down in section 71.

( 2) A sentence of transportation shall not be commuted for a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding the term of transportation awarded by the court.1

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1. See. IPC Sec. 53 A.

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Section Section 158 of the Army Act, 1950 (Power of Confirming Authority to Mitigate, Remit or Commute Sentences) is reproduced on this page as part of the Army Act, 1950. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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