field general courtmartial may suspend the sentence whether or not the offender has already been
committed, to prison or custody 1[:]
1[Provided that a sentence awarded as hadd under an Islamic law shall not be suspended except
while the offender is on active service nor otherwise than in accordance with such law.].
(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 committed to prison or custody.
(3) The powers conferred by subsections (1) and (2) may be exercised in the case of any such
sentence which has been confirmed, mitigated or commuted.
181. Orders pending suspension. A confirming officer may, when confirming any sentence
referred to in section 180, direct that the offender be not committed to prison or to custody until the
orders of the authority or officer specified in section 180 have been obtained.
182. Release on suspension. When a sentence is suspended under section 180, the offender shall,
whether he has been committed to prison or to custody or not, be released forthwith.
183. Computation of period of suspension. Any period during which the sentence is under
suspension shall be reckoned as part of the term of sentence.
184. Order after suspension. The authority or officer specified in section 180 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.
1 Subs. and added by the Pakistan Air Force (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (38 of 1984), s. 20.
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