Armed Forces Act 1972 s 133
s 133 Commencement of sentences
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a service sentence of imprisonment, detention or field punishment shall begin to run from the day on which the sentence was originally pronounced by the courtmartial trying the offender or, as the case may be, was originally awarded by his commanding officer.
(2) A sentence of imprisonment or detention passed by a courtmartial on a serviceman which is suspended in pursuance of section 135 before he has been committed to prison or a detention barrack shall not begin to run until the beginning of the day on which the suspension is determined:
Provided that where the sentence is suspended by the confirming officer and the reviewing authority determines the suspension, the
reviewing authority may direct that the sentence shall run from such earlier date, not earlier than the day on which the sentence was originally pronounced by the court-martial, as the reviewing authority may specify.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pemulaan hukuman
(1) Tertakluk pada peruntukan seksyen ini, sesuatu hukuman pemenjaraan perkhidmatan, hukuman tahanan perkhidmatan atau hukuman medan perkhidmatan hendaklah mula berjalan dari hari hukuman itu mula-mula dijatuhkan oleh mahkamah tentera yang membicarakan pesalah itu atau, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, mula-mula dijatuhkan oleh pegawai memerintahnya.
(2) Sesuatu hukuman pemenjaraan atau tahanan yang dijatuhkan oleh mahkamah tentera ke atas seseorang askar-lasykar yang digantung menurut seksyen 135 sebelum dia dimasukkan ke dalam penjara atau berek tahanan tidak boleh mula berjalan sehingga permulaan hari penggantungan itu diputuskan:
Dengan syarat bahawa jika hukuman itu digantung oleh pegawai pengesah dan pihak berkuasa kajian semula memutuskan
penggantungan itu, maka pihak berkuasa kajian semula itu boleh mengarahkan supaya hukuman itu berjalan mulai dari tarikh yang lebih awal itu, yang tidak lebih awal daripada hari yang hukuman itu mulamula dijatuhkan oleh mahkamah tentera, sebagaimana yang dinyatakan oleh pihak berkuasa kajian semula itu.
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Text as at 15 July 2022 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
