2. Section 40 of the Air Force Act (hereinafter referred to as the " principal enactment") is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (3) of that section, of the following subsection:
| " (3) Where a non-commissioned officer other than a corporal is charged with any offence set out in this Act, his commanding officer shall, if the sentence on the conviction of the accused will involve forfeiture of pay or will not consist only of a minor punishment which a commanding officer is authorized to inflict by regulation made in that behalf, ask the accused whether he desires to be dealt with summarily or to be tried by a court martial, and he shall, if the accused elects to be tried by a court martial, take steps for the trial of the accused by a court martial, or if the accused does not so elect, proceed to deal with the accused summarily.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts