Summary trial and punishment
13. In addition to, or in substitution for, any punishment to which he may be liable under [* * *] the [* * *]
Army Act, 1952, any person enrolled other than an officer may be punished by a court of competent criminal jurisdiction, or summarily by order of the prescribed authority, for any offence under that Act or for the contravention of any provision of this Act or of any rule made thereunder, with fine which may be extend to one hundred [taka] to be recovered in such manner and by such authority as may be prescribed:
Provided that no fine shall be summarily inflicted by an order of the prescribed authority in any case in which the accused claims to be tried by a criminal court:
Provided further, that no court inferior to that of a magistrate of the first class shall try any offence, made punishable by or under this Act.
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