(2) A person subject to this Act, being below the rank of warrant officer who is sentenced to
1[Imprisonment for life], 2[or to imprisonment to be undergone otherwise than in military custody]
may, in addition thereto, be sentenced to be dismissed from the service.
(3) An officer, junior commissioned officer, warrant officer or noncommissioned officer, when
sentenced to forfeiture of seniority of rank or service for the purposes of promotion or to forfeiture of
service for the purposes of increased pay, or any other prescribed purposes, may, in addition thereto
be sentenced by Court martial to be severely reprimanded or reprimanded.
(4) In addition to, or without any other punishment, in respect of any offence, an offender may be
sentenced by Court martial to any forfeiture, fine or stoppages authorised by this Act.
(5) A non‑commissioned officer sentenced by Court martial to 3[ amputation of hand or foot or
both,] 1[Imprisonment for life], 4* imprisonment, detention, field punishment or dismissal from the
service shall be deemed to be reduced to the ranks.
5[(6) A person subject to this Act who is sentenced to amputation of hand or foot or both or
whipping, may, in addition thereto, be sentenced to be dismissed from the service.]
63. Retention in the ranks of person convicted on active service. When, on active service, any
person enrolled under this Act has been sentenced by Court martial to dismissal from the service or to
1[imprisonment for life] or 4* imprisonment whether combined with dismissal or not, the prescribed
officer may direct that such person may be retained to serve in the ranks, and where such person has
been sentenced to 1[Imprisonment for life] or 4* imprisonment, such service shall be reckoned as part
of his term or 1[Imprisonment for life] or 4* imprisonment.
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (51 of 1976), s. 13.
2 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (36 of 1984), s. 7.
3 Ins. ibid.
4 Omitted ibid.
5 Added. Ibid., s. 8.
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