Section 83:
Punishment of officers, junior commissioned officers and warrant officers by brigade commanders and others.
An officer having power not less than a brigade, or an equivalent commander
or such other officer as is, with the consent of the Central Government, specified by 1[the Chief of the
Army Staff] may in the prescribed manner, proceed against an officer below the rank of a field officer, a
junior commissioned officer or a warrant officer, who is charged with an offence under this Act, and
award one or more of the following punishments, that is to say,--
(a) severe reprimand or reprimand;
(b) stoppage of pay and allowances until any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence of
which he is convicted is made good.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1955, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the Commander-in-Chief".