section 83
Voting by members.
The National Security Guard Act, 1986Defence1986140 sections10 chapters
Chapter VII PROCEDURE OF SECURITY GUARD COURTS
Statutory text
- (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), every decision of a Security Guard Court shall be passed by an absolute majority of votes; and where there is an equality of votes on either the finding or the sentence, the decision shall be in favour of the accused.
- (2) No sentence of death shall be passed by a General Security Guard Court without the concurrence of at least two-thirds of the members of the Court.
- (3) In matters, other than a challenge or the finding or sentence, the presiding officer shall have a casting vote.
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