An officer having power not less than a brigade, or an equivalent commander
or such other officer as is, with the consent of the Central Government, specified by 1[the Chief of the
Army Staff] may in the prescribed manner, proceed against an officer below the rank of a field officer, a
junior commissioned officer or a warrant officer, who is charged with an offence under this Act, and
award one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,--
(a) severe reprimand or reprimand;
(b) stoppage of pay and allowances until any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence of which he is convicted is made good.
(a) severe reprimand or reprimand;
(b) stoppage of pay and allowances until any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence of which he is convicted is made good.
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1955, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the Commander-in-Chief".