Section 149: Petitions against findings or sentences of courts-martial

(1) An accused may, within three months after being sentenced by a court-martial and before the sentence is confirmed, submit to the confirming authority any written matter which may reasonably tend to affect the confirming authority's decision whether to disapprove a finding of guilty or to approve the sentence.
(2) The matters which may be submitted under this subsection (1) of this section include-
(a) allegations of errors affecting the legality of the trial;
(b) portions or summaries of the record or copies of documentary evidence offered or introduced at the trial; and
(c) matters in mitigation which were not available for consideration at the trial.
(3) Before the confirming authority takes action under section 150 of this Act on a record of trial by a court-martial, the confirming authority shall obtain from the Directorate of Legal Services of the Armed Forces, a legal review of the case, so however that no person who has acted as a member, judge advocate, trial counsel, defence counsel or investigating officer in the case may later review the same case.
[1997 No. 15.]