Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007
Chapter V - Appeal
30. Appeal to Supreme
Court
1.
Subject
to the provisions of section 31, an appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court
against the final decision or order of the Tribunal (other than an order passed
under section 19):
Provided that such
appeal is preferred within a period of ninety days of the said decision or
order:
Provided further that
there shall be no appeal against an interlocutory order of the Tribunal.
2.
An
appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court as of right from any order or decision of
the Tribunal in the exercise of its jurisdiction to punish for contempt: .
Provided that an
appeal under this sub-section shall be filed in the Supreme Court within sixty
days from the date of the order appealed against.
3.
Pending
any appeal under sub-section (2), the Supreme Court may order that-
a. the execution of the
punishment or the order appealed against be suspended; or
b. if the appellant is
in confinement, he be released on bail:
Provided that where
an appellant satisfies the Tribunal that he intends to prefer an appeal, the
Tribunal may also exercise any of the powers conferred under clause (a) or
clause (b), as the case may be.