The jurisdiction of the Court Martial shall, except on the cases as referred to in Sections 62 and 66, be as following:
(a) The power of trial, hearing and adjudicating and imposing penalty upon disposal of a case of an offence committed by a person under the jurisdiction of this Act shall be with the General Court Martial
and Summary General Court Martial.
(b) The power of trial, hearing, adjudication and imposing penalty upon disposal of a case of an offence, in which maximum Two years’ imprisonment may be imposed, committed by a person under the
jurisdiction of this Act except a person of the rank of officer or Junior Commissioned Officer shall be with the District Court Martial.
(c) Subject to the provisions mentioned in the following Sub-clauses, the power of trial, hearing, adjudication and imposing penalty upon disposal of a case of an offence, committed by the person under the
jurisdiction of this Act except a person of the rank of officer or Junior Commissioned Officer shall be with the Summary Court Martial.
(i) A case for which One year imprisonment may be imposed, if the Court Martial is convened by the officer of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (Pramukh Senani) or senior to him/her,
(ii) A case in which Six months imprisonment may be imposed, if
the Court Martial is convened by an officer of the rank below
Lieutenant Colonel (Pramukh Senani).