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Execution of sentence of imprisonment or detention.
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118.—(1) Where a person has been sentenced by Court-Martial to imprisonment, and the sentence has been duly confirmed, the person so sentenced (hereinafter in this Section styled a military prisoner) shall undergo his term of imprisonment, either in military custody or in a detention barrack or in a public prison, or partly in one way and partly in another.
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(2) Where a person has been sentenced by Court-Martial to a term of detention and the sentence has been duly confirmed, or where a person has been sentenced to a term of detention by a Commanding Officer or other officer in exercise of summary powers conferred by this Act, every such person (hereinafter in this Section styled a soldier undergoing detention) shall undergo the term of his detention either in military custody or in a barrack detention room, or a detention barrack, or partly in one way and partly in another, but not in a public prison.
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(3) The order of the committing authority hereinafter in this Section mentioned, shall be sufficient warrant for the transfer of a military prisoner to a public prison or a detention barrack, or the transfer of a soldier undergoing detention to a detention barrack.
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(4) A military prisoner while in a public prison shall be confined, kept to hard labour, and otherwise dealt with in all respects as if he were an ordinary prisoner undergoing a like sentence.
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(5) The discharging authority hereinafter in this Section mentioned may, at any time during the term of his imprisonment or detention, discharge a military prisoner or a soldier undergoing detention.
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(6) The committing authority may at any time during the term of imprisonment of a military prisoner or the term of detention of a soldier undergoing detention by order provide for:—
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(a) His removal from one public prison to another;
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(b) His removal from one detention barrack to another;
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(c) His being brought before a Court-Martial or a Civil
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Court for trial or as a witness;
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and an order of such authority shall be sufficient warrant for delivering him into military custody, and detaining him in custody till he can be returned.
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(7) The committing authority shall be any one or more of the following:—
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(a) The Minister.
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(b) The Adjutant-General.
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(c) The Commanding Officer of the military prisoner or the soldier undergoing detention.
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(d) Any officer duly authorised.
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(8) The discharging authority shall be any one of the following:—
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(a) The Minister.
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(b) The Adjutant-General.
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(c) Any other officer duly authorised.
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(d) Where the sentence was passed by the Commanding Officer of the soldier undergoing detention, such Commanding Officer.
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Inquiry as to and confession of Desertion.
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