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(1) Anyperson subject to this Act who considers himselfaggrieved by any order passed byanycourt-martial may present a petition to the officer or authority empowered toconfirm any finding or sentence of such court-martial, and the confirmingauthority may take such steps as may be considered necessary to satisfy itselfas to the correctness, legality or propriety of the orderpassed or as to the regularity of any proceeding to which the orderrelates.
(2) Anyperson subject to this Act who considers himselfaggrieved by a finding or sentence of any court-martial which has beenconfirmed, may present a petition to the Central Government, 1 [the Chiefof the Army Staff or any prescribed officer superior in command to the one whoconfirmed such finding or sentence, and the Central Government, 1 [the Chief of the Army Staff] or otherofficer, as the case may be, may pass such orders thereon as it or hethinks fit.
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1. Substituted by Act 19 of 1955,sec. 2 and Sch., for "theCommander-in-Chief'".