Sashastra Seema Bal Act,2007
Section 52. Alternative punishments by Force Courts
Subject to the provisions of this Act, a Force Court may, on convicting a person subject to this Act of any of the offences specified in Section 16 to 48 (both inclusive) award either the particular punishment with which the offence is stated in the said sections to be punishable or, in lieu thereof, any one of the punishments lower in the scale set out in Section 51 regard being had to the nature and degree of the offence.