PD 978 Section 4

Review of Records of Trial by Court-Martial.

Section 4

SEC. 4. Review of Records of Trial by Court-Martial.—The Court of Military Appeals herein created shall review every record of trial by general court-martial or special court-martial where the sentence, as approved by the convening authority, requires confirmation by the President of the Philippines as provided in Article of War 47. With respect to such cases, except as provided in the next preceding Section 4 (a) of this decree, they shall become final and immediately executory when the findings of guilty and the sentence are approved, or disapproved, without a rehearing being ordered, by the Court of Military Appeals.

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