Section 63Retention in the ranks of person convicted on active service

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63. Retention in the ranks of person convicted on active service When, on active service, any person enrolled under this Act has been sentenced by court martial to dismissal from the service or to transportation or rigorous imprisonment whether combined with dismissal or not, the prescribed officer may direct that such person may be retained to serve in the ranks, and where such person has been sentenced to transportation or rigorous imprisonment, such service shall be reckoned as part of his term or transportation or rigorous imprisonment.