(2) In awarding a sentence of death, a Court martial shall, in its discretion, direct that the offender
shall suffer death by being hanged by the neck until he be dead, or shall suffer death by being shot to
death.
134A. Form of sentence of amputation of hand, foot or both or whipping. ___(1) In awarding a
sentence of amputation of hand, foot or both a Court martial shall direct that the sentence shall be
executed in the manner provided for in the Offences Against Property (Enforcement of Hudood))
Ordinance, 1979 (V of 1979).
(2) In awarding a sentence of whipping, a Court martial shall direct that the sentence shall be
executed in the manner provided for in the Execution of the Punishment of Whipping Ordinance,
1979 (IX of 1979).]
135. Commencement of sentence of imprisonment for life or imprisonment or detention.
Whenever any person is sentenced under this Act to 1[Imprisonment for life] imprisonment or
detention, the term of sentence shall, whether it has been revised or not, be reckoned to commence
on the day on which the original proceedings were signed by the president or, in the case of summary
Court martial, by the Court.
136. Execution of sentence of imprisonment for life or imprisonment. Whenever any sentence
of 1[imprisonment for life] or 2* imprisonment is passed under this Act, or whenever any sentence of
death so passed is commuted to 1[imprisonment for life] or to 2* imprisonment, the commanding
officer of the person under sentence, or such other officers as may be prescribed, shall forward a
warrant in the prescribed form to the officer in‑charge of the civil prison in which such person is to be
confined, and shall forward him to such prison with the warrant :
Provided that in the case of a sentence of 2* imprisonment for a period not exceeding three
months, the confirming officer, or in the case of a sentence which does not require confirmation, the
Court, may direct that the sentence shall be carried out in military custody:
1 Subs. by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Act 1976, (51 of 1976), s. 24.
2 Omitted by the Pakistan Army (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (36 of 1984), ss. 2122.
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