Armed Forces Disciplinary Punishment Act Article 57

Unless the existence of any of the circumstances stipulated in Article 58 and an Ad Hoc Review Committee is convened whereby, the competent authority, when the imposition of a heavy punishment is regarded as necessary, shall appoint five to nine professionals with the proper rank as the members composing the Punishment Advisory Committee, and one among them may be the chairman; the number of committee members of either gender shall not be less than two-fifths of the total members.The Punishment Advisory Committee shall give the disciplinary offender opportunities to state and defend yet propose concrete advice to the competent authority.Whereas the competent authority does not agree with the advice in the preceding Paragraph, the ground shall be noted when the punishment is approved except in the case of a reduced punishment at discretion.