CHAPTER XII
CONFIRMATION AND REVISION
151. Finding and sentence not valid unless confirmed. No finding or sentence of a general,
district or field general Court‑martial shall be valid except so far as it may be confirmed as provided
by this Act.
152. Power to confirm finding and�� sentence of general courtmartial. The findings and
sentences of general Courts‑martial may be confirmed by the 1[Chief of the Air Staff] or by any
officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of the 1[Chief of the Air Staff].
153. Power to confirm finding and sentence of district court‑martial. The findings and
sentences of district Courts‑martial may be confirmed by any authority having power to convene a
general court‑martial or by any officer empowered in this behalf by warrant of any such authority.
154. Limitation of powers of confirming authority. A warrant issued under section 152 or
section 153 may contain such restrictions, reservations or conditions as the authority issuing it may
think fit..
155. Power to confirm finding and sentence of field general court martial. The findings and
sentences of a field general court‑martial may be confirmed by the convening officer or if he so
directs, by an authority superior to him.
156. Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences. Subject to such
restrictions as may be contained in any warrant issued under section 152 or section 153, 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 73 :
Provided that a sentence of imprisonment shall not be commuted to a sentence of detention for a
1 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “CommanderinChief”.
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