Section 115
Transmission of proceedings of Summary Security Force Courts.
The Border Security Force Act, 1968
About this Act
An Act to provide for the constitution and regulation of an Armed Force of the Union for ensuring the security of the borders of India and for matters connected therewith.
The proceedings of every
Summary Security Force Court shall, without delay, be forwarded to the officer not below the rank of
Deputy Inspector-General within whose command the trial was held, or to the prescribed officer, and such
officer, or the Director-General or any officer empowered by him in this behalf may, for reasons based on
the merits of the case, but not on merely technical grounds, set aside the proceedings, or reduce the
sentence to any other sentence which the court might have passed.