(c) if the further sentence is for a period of less than three months and is not suspended under
this Ordinance the offender shall be so committed on that sentence only, and the previous
sentence shall, subject to any order which may be passed under section 159 or section
160, continue to be suspended.
162. Scope of power of suspension. The powers conferred by sections 155 and 159 shall be in
addition to, and not in derogation of, the power of mitigation, remission, and commutation.
163. Effect of suspension and remission on dismissal.__(1) Where in addition to any other
sentence the punishment of dismissal has been awarded by a courtmartial, and such other sentence is
suspended under section 155, then, such dismissal shall not take effect until so ordered by the
authority or officer specified in that section.
(2) If such other sentence is remitted under section 159, the punishment of dismissal shall also be
remitted.
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CHAPTER XV.__PROPERTY OF DECEASED PERSONS, DESERTERS AND LUNATICS.
164. Property of deceased persons and deserters other than Officers. The following
provisions shall apply to the disposal of the property of every person subject to this Ordinance, other
than an officer, who dies or deserts, namely :__
(1) The commanding officer of the ship or naval establishment, to which the deceased person
or deserter belonged, shall secure all the movable property belonging to the deceased or deserter that
is in ship or naval establishment and cause an inventory thereof to be made, and draw any pay and
allowances due to such person.
(2) In the case of a deceased person who has left in a bank (including any post office saving
bank, cooperative bank or society or any other institu tion receiving deposits in money, howsoever
named) a deposit not exceeding 1[ten] thousand rupees, the commanding officer may, if he thinks fit,
require the agent, manager or other proper officer of such bank or other institution to pay the deposit
to him forthwith ; notwithstanding anything in any rules of the bank or the other institution and when
any money has been paid by such bank or other institution in compliance with such requisition, no
person shall have any claim against the bank or the other institution in respect of such money.
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1980 (55 of 1980), s. 24, for “one”.
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