149. Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is 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, 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 Pro cedure, 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 or under the con trol 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.
150. 1[Trial by courtmartial to be deemed judicial proceeding, etc.] Any trial by a
Court‑martial under the pro visions of this Act shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the
meaning of sections 193 and 228 of the Pakistan Penal Code, (XLV of 1860),, and the Court‑martial
shall be deemed to be a court within the meaning of sections 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898).
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1 Subs. by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Act, 1963 (8 of 1963), s. 11, for the original marginal heading.
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