(1) Where a person subject to
this Act is sentenced by a court-martial to transportation or imprisonment, the Central Government, 1the
Chief of the Army Staff] or any officer empowered to convene a general or a summary general
court-martial may suspend the sentence whether or not the offender has already been committed to prison
or to military custody.
(2) The authority or officer specified in sub-section (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 to military custody.
(3) The powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) may be exercised in the case of any such sentence which has been confirmed, reduced or commuted.
(2) The authority or officer specified in sub-section (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 to military custody.
(3) The powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) may be exercised in the case of any such sentence which has been confirmed, reduced or commuted.
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1955, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the Commander-in-Chief".