Section 14Summary trial and punishments

s. 14

14. Summary trial and punishments In addition to, or in substitution for, any punishment or punishments to which he may be liable under the [* * *] Army Act, 1952, a junior commissioned officer, non-commissioned officer or man of the Bangladesh Territorial Force not being a member of a university corps, may be punished either by a criminal court or summarily by order of the prescribed authority for any offence under that Act, or for the contravention of any rule or regulation under this Act, with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, to be recovered in such manner and by such authority as may be prescribed: Provided that no court inferior to that of a magistrate of the first class shall try any offence made punishable by or under this Act.

1. 8. The word “Pakistan” was omitted by section 4 of the Defence Services Laws Amendment Ordinance, 1978 (Ordinance No. XVIII of 1978)