What is Term of sentence and its effect on appeal? Section 24 of Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007
(1) The term of any sentence passed by the Tribunal under clause (a) of
subsection (6).of section 15 of this Act shall, unless the Tribunal otherwise
directs, be reckoned to commence on the day on which it would have commenced
under the Army Act, 1950, (46 of 1950) the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957) or the
Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950) as the case may be, under which the court
martial against which the appeal was filed, had. been held.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), any sentence passed on an appeal from the Tribunal to the Supreme Court in substitution for another sentence shall, unless the Supreme Court otherwise directs, be reckoned to commence on the day on which the original sentence would have commenced.
(3) Where a person who is undergoing sentence is granted stay of the operation of the said sentence, either by suspension or otherwise, pending an appeal, the period during which he is so released due to the sentence having been so stayed, shall be excluded in computing the term for which he is so sentenced by the Tribunal or the Supreme Court, as the case may be.
CHAPTER IV PROCEDURE
Section 21 of AFT Act 2007 - Application not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted
Section 22 of AFT Act 2007 - Limitation
Section 23 of AFT Act 2007 - Procedure and powers of the Tribunal
Section 24 of AFT Act 2007 - Term of sentence and its effect on appeal
Section 26 of AFT Act 2007 - Condition as to making of interim order
Section 27 of AFT Act 2007 - Power of Chairperson to transfer cases from one Bench to another
Section 28 of AFT Act 2007 - Decision to be by majority
Section 29 of AFT Act 2007 - Execution of order of Tribunal
CHAPTER V APPEAL
Section 30 of AFT Act 2007 - Appeal to Supreme Court
Section 31 of AFT Act 2007 - Leave to appeal
Section 32 of AFT Act 2007 - condonation
CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS
Section 33 of AFT Act 2007 - Exclusion of jurisdiction of civil courts
Section 34 of AFT Act 2007 - Transfer of pending cases
Section 35 of AFT Act 2007 - Provision for filing of certain appeals
Section 36 of AFT Act 2007 - Proceedings before Tribunal to be judicial proceedings
Section 37 of AFT Act 2007 - Members and staff of Tribunal to be public servants
Section 38 of AFT Act 2007 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 39 of AFT Act 2007 - Act to have overriding effect
Section 40 of AFT Act 2007 - Power to remove difficulties
Section 41 of AFT Act 2007 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section 42 of AFT Act 2007 - Power to make rules retrospectively