175. Order for disposal of property regarding which offence committed.__(1) After the
conclusion of a trial before a Court martial, the Court or the officer confirming the finding or
sentence of such Court martial, or any authority superior to such officer, or, in the case of the trial by
summary Court martial, 1[an officer having power to convene a district court martial], may make
such order as it or he thinks fit for the disposal by destruction, confiscation, delivery to any person
claiming to be entitled to possession thereof or otherwise of any property or document produced
before the Court or in its custody, or regarding which any offence appears to have been committed or
which has been used for the commission of any offence.
(2) Where any order has been made under subsection (1) in respect of property regarding which
an offence appears to have been committed, a copy of such order signed and certified by the
authority making the same may, whether the trial was held within Pakistan or not, be sent to a
magistrate in any district in which such property for the time being is, and such magistrate shall
thereupon cause the order to be carried into effect as if it was an order passed by such magistrate
under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898).
Explanation.____In this section the term “property” includes in the case of property regarding
which an offence appears to have been committed, not only such property as has been originally in
the possession on under the control of any person, but also any property into or for which the same
may have been converted or exchanged, and anything acquired by such conversion or exchange
whether immediately or otherwise.
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1 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act 1963 (9 of 1963), s. 5, for “an officer not below the rank of brigadier empowered in this behalf by the CommanderinChief”.
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