Section 2: Power of the Council to punish following an acquittal.

An officer acquitted on a criminal charge for an offence or given a discharge, whether amounting to an acquittal or not, in any court of law may be dismissed or otherwise punished in accordance with any disciplinary provisions on any other charge arising out of his conduct in the matter if the Council is satisfied-(a) that his conduct in the matter has been in any respect blameworthy; or
(b) that it is in the interest of the force where he is deployed and generally in the interest of the Armed Forces as a whole that he be so punished.