section 126
Suspension of sentence of imprisonment
The National Security Guard Act, 1986Defence1986140 sections10 chapters
Chapter IX EXECUTION OF SENTENCES, PARDONS, REMISSIONS, ETC.
Statutory text
- (1) Where a person subject to this Act is sentenced by a Security Guard Court to imprisonment, the Central Government, the Director-General or any officer empowered to convene a General Security Guard Court may suspend the sentence whether or not the offender has already been committed to prison or to Security Guard custody.
- (2) The authority or officer specified in sub-section (1) may, in the case of an offender so sentenced, direct that until the orders of such authority or officer have been obtained the offender shall not be committed to prison or to Security Guard custody.
- (3) The powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) may be exercised in the case of any such sentence which has been confirmed, reduced or commuted.
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