Section 1: Power of the Council to hold disciplinary proceedings concurrently with criminal proceedings in court on same matter

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law, the appropriate Council or Board of each force of the Armed Forces of the Federation (in this Act referred to as "the Council") may institute, and where instituted may continue disciplinary proceedings against any person subject to military law (hereafter referred to as an "officer") whether or not-
(a) criminal proceedings have been instituted with respect to such a person in any court of law in Nigeria or elsewhere or are about to be instituted or are contemplated; or
(b) the grounds upon which any criminal charge is based or is to be based are substantially the same as those upon which the disciplinary proceedings were or are to be instituted.