Section 157
Reconsideration of case after suspension.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the governance of the Assam Rifles, an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India, to carry out Counter Insurgency Operations in the specified areas and to act in aid of civil authorities for the maintenance of the law and order and for matters connected therewith.
(1) Where a sentence has been suspended, the case
may at any time, and shall at intervals of not more than four months, be reconsidered by the authority or
officer specified in section 152 or by any officer not below the rank of a Deputy Inspector-General duly
authorised by the authority or officer specified in section 152.
(2) Where on such reconsideration by the officer so authorised it appears to him that the conduct of offender since his conviction has been such as to justify a remission of the sentence, he shall refer the matter to the authority or officer specified in section 150.
(2) Where on such reconsideration by the officer so authorised it appears to him that the conduct of offender since his conviction has been such as to justify a remission of the sentence, he shall refer the matter to the authority or officer specified in section 150.