(1) If an appeal is filed according to this regulation, the officer hearing the appeal cannot refuse to take the appeal.
(2) The officer who hears the appeal may, on the appeal received under Rule 66, maintain, cancel or reduce the sentence by considering the following matters:-
(a) Whether the facts on which the order of punishment is based have been proved or not?
(b) Are the facts that have been proven sufficient to warrant action?
(c) What is right or wrong to punish?
(3) When considering the appeal in accordance with sub-rule (2), the officer who hears the appeal may issue an order for re-examination if he feels that the punishing officer has made an error related to the procedure to be followed in the course of departmental action or that the appellant has been offended due to any other reasonable reason.
(4) In the absence of objective evidence, if it is found that the officer who ordered the punishment has made such a decision with wrong intention or with any request or bias, the officer hearing the appeal may send a written notice to such officer, to make him report such behavior in his personal records or even to take departmental action.< br> (5) The officer hearing the appeal shall make a decision within three months from the date of receipt of the appeal. However, if a decision cannot be made within that period due to special reasons, the officer who hears the appeal will have to attach the case that has not been decided to the relevant missile.
(6) The decision of the officer hearing the appeal regarding the order of departmental punishment shall be final.