1[Provided further that a sentence awarded as hadd under any Islamic law shall not be so
mitigated, remitted or commuted otherwise than in accordance with such law.]
133. Power of confirming authority to return the finding and sentence to the court for
revision.__(1) Any finding or sentence of a courtmartial may be revised by it by order of the
confirming authority but only once ; and in the course of such revision, the court, if so directed by the
confirming authority, may take additional evidence.
(2) Except for the unavoidable absence of any of its members, the court, sitting in revision, shall
consist of the same members as were present at the time of arriving at the finding or passing the
sentence.
(3) In the case of unavoidable absence of any of its members the cause whereof shall be duly
recorded in the proceedings, the court shall proceed with the revision, unless the president himself is
absent or the number of member present is less than the minimum required to constitute the court
under section 99 in which case the court shall be dissolved and the accused may be tried by a court
martial constituted afresh.
134. Remedy against an order of courtmartial before confirmation of finding or
sentence.__(1) Any person subject to this Ordinance who con sider himself aggrieved by any order
passed by a courtmartial may at the conclusion of the trial and before confirmation of the finding of
the sentence, present a petition to the confirming authority.
(2) Before confirming any finding or sentence of a courtmartial, the confirming authority shall
take such steps as it considers necessary to satisfy itself of the correctness, legality and propriety of
the order passed and of the regularity of the proceedings in which it was passed.
135. Review by the 2[Federal Government] or the 3[Chief of the Naval Staff] of finding and
sentence. Any finding of guilty and any sentence awarded by a courtmartial in respect of such a
finding may be reviewed by the 2[Federal Government] or the 3[Chief of the Naval Staff] at any time.
136. Remedy of aggrieved persons, on being convicted by a courtmartial. Without prejudice
to the provisions of the foregoing section, a person convicted under this Ordinance by a courtmartial
may at any time present a petition against the finding or the sentence or both to the 2[Federal
Government] or the 3[Chief of the Naval Staff] who may thereupon review the finding or the
sentence or both.
1 Proviso added by the Pakistan Navy (Amdt). Ordinance, 1984 (37 of 1984), s. 20.
2 Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.
3 Subs. ibid., Art.2 and Sch., for “CommanderinChief”.
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