(1) Any person subject to this Act who considers himself aggrieved by any order passed by any Assam Rifles Court may present a petition to the officer or authority empowered to confirm any finding or sentence of the Assam Rifles 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 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 Assam Rifles 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.