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Section 123: Provisions relating to dissolution of courts-martial
- (1) A court-martial assembled under this Act shall be dissolved–
- (a) when the number of members comprising the court is after the commencement of a trial reduced below four;
- (b) by the prolonged illness of the president, trial judge advocate or the accused;
- (c) by the death of the president or the trial judge advocate;
- (d) on the making of a report under sub-section (2) of section 143.
- (2) Whenever a court-martial is dissolved by virtue of sub-section (1), the accused may be retired.
Source: official text of The Navy Act, 1957 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Navy Act, 1957.