Section 136
Finding and sentence of a Summary Assam Rifles Court.
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) Save as otherwise provided in
sub-section (2), the finding and sentence of a Summary Assam Rifles Court shall not require to be
confirmed, but may be carried out forthwith.
(2) If the officer holding the trial is of the rank of Deputy Commandant or of a rank declared under clause (a) of sub-section (5) of section 96 as equivalent thereto or of a lower rank and has held such rank for less than five years, he shall not, except on active duty, carry into effect any sentence, until it has received the approval of an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Inspector-General.
(2) If the officer holding the trial is of the rank of Deputy Commandant or of a rank declared under clause (a) of sub-section (5) of section 96 as equivalent thereto or of a lower rank and has held such rank for less than five years, he shall not, except on active duty, carry into effect any sentence, until it has received the approval of an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Inspector-General.