Section 117
Remedy against order, finding or sentence of 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.
(1) Any person subject
to this Act who considers himself aggrieved by any order passed by any Security Force Court may present
a petition to the officer or authority empowered to confirm any finding or sentence of such Security Force
Court, and the confirming authority may take such steps as may be considered necessary to satisfy itself
as to the correctness, legality or propriety of the order passed or as to the regularity of any proceeding to
which the order relates.
(2) Any person subject to this Act who considers himself aggrieved by a finding or sentence of any Security Force Court which has been confirmed, may present a petition to the Central Government, the Director-General, or any prescribed officer superior in command to the one who confirmed such finding or sentence, and the Central Government, the Director-General, or the prescribed officer, as the case may be, may pass such order thereon as it or he thinks fit.
(2) Any person subject to this Act who considers himself aggrieved by a finding or sentence of any Security Force Court which has been confirmed, may present a petition to the Central Government, the Director-General, or any prescribed officer superior in command to the one who confirmed such finding or sentence, and the Central Government, the Director-General, or the prescribed officer, as the case may be, may pass such order thereon as it or he thinks fit.