Section 117:
Remedy against order, finding or sentence of Security Force Courts.
(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.