# 162 Transmission of proceedings of summary court-martial
The proceedings of every summary court-martial shall without delay be forwarded to the officer commanding the division or brigade within which the trial was held, or to the prescribed officer; and such officer, or 1[the Chief of the Army Staff], or any officer empowered in this behalf by 1[the Chief of the Army Staff], may, for reasons based on the merits of the case, but not any merely technical grounds, set aside the proceedings or reduce the sentence to any other sentence which the court might have passed.
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1. Subs. by Act 19 of 1955, s. 2 and the Schedule, for "the Commander-in-Chief ".
CONFIRMATION AND REVISION
158
Power of confirming authority to mitigate, remit or commute sentences159
Confirming of findings and sentences on board a ship160
Revision of finding or sentence161
Finding and sentence of a summary court-martial163
Alteration of finding or sentence in certain cases164
Remedy against order, finding or sentence of court-martial165
Annulment of proceedings
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