(1) If an appeal can be filed according to the Act and these regulations, the officer hearing the appeal cannot refuse to take the appeal.
(2) In an appeal received in accordance with this regulation, the officer hearing the appeal may uphold or cancel or reduce the sentence after considering the following matters:-
(a) Whether the facts on which the order of conviction is based have been proved or not?
(b) Are the facts that have been proven enough to warrant action?
(c) What is the right or wrong of the punishment? (3) If the officer hearing the appeal feels that there is any error related to the procedure to be followed in proceeding with the departmental action while considering under sub-rule (2) or that the person making the appeal has been offended for any reasonable reason. The officer hearing the appeal may pass an order for investigation.
(4) If the officer who decides the initial sentence during the hearing of the appeal is found to have made such a decision with wrong intention or with any request or bias in the absence of objective evidence, he may alert such officer or may indicate the same behavior in his personal merit.
(5) The officer hearing the appeal shall make a decision within six months from the date of receipt of the appeal. But,
(a) If a decision cannot be made within that period due to special reasons, the officer who hears the appeal shall attach the pending case to the relevant Missile.
(b) Before the commencement of this regulation, the appeals that are pending to be decided by appeal must be decided within six months from the date of commencement of this regulation.