court may make such order as it thinks fit for the proper custody of such property pending the
conclusion of the trial and, if the property is subject to speedy or natural decay, may, after recording
such evidence as it thinks necessary, order it to be sold or otherwise disposed of.
129. Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is commit ted.__(1) After the
conclusion of a trial before a courtmartial, the court or the officer confirming the finding or sentence
of such courtmartial or any authority superior to such officer, 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 Magis
trate 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 (Act 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 or 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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CHAPTER XII.__ CONFIRMATION, REVISION AND REVIEW
130. Confirmation of finding and sentence.__(1) At the conclusion of a trial by courtmartial,
the finding and the sentence, if any, of the court shall be signed by the president and the judge
advocate, if any, but they shall not be promulgated until they have been confirmed.
(2) The president of the court shall forward the proceedings of the court to the convening
authority, who may confirm the same or transmit them for confirmation to a superior authority, if so
directed by the warrant empowering him to convene the court 1[:]
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1980 (55 of 1980), s. 23, for fullstop.
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