(2) The authority or officer specified in subsection (1) may in the case of an offender so
sentenced direct that, until the orders of such authority or officer have been obtained, the offender
shall not be com mitted to prison or custody.
(3) The powers conferred by subsections (1) and (2) may be exercised in this case of any such
sentence which has been confirmed, mitigated or commuted.
145. Orders pending suspension.___(1) Where the sentence referred to in section 144 is
imposed by a Court martial other than a summary Court martial the confirming officer may, when
confirming the sentence, direct that the offender be not committed to prison or to custody until the
orders of the authority or officer specified in section 144 have been obtained.
(2) Where a sentence of rigorous imprisonment or detention is awarded by a summary Court
martial, the officer holding the trial or the officer authorised to approve the sentence under the
proviso to sec tion 127 may make the direction referred to in subsection (1).
146. Release on suspension. Where in accordance with any order passed under section 144 a
sentence is suspended, the offender shall, whether he has been committed to prison or custody or not,
be released forthwith.
147. Computation of period of sentence under suspension. Any period during which a sentence
is under suspension shall be reckoned as part of the term of such sentence.
148. Power to set aside suspension or to order remission. The authority or officer specified in
section 144 may, at any time whilst a sentence is suspended, order___
(a) that the offender be committed to undergo the unexpired portion of the sentence; or
(b) that the sentence be remitted.
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