Commentary First Group of Parts – Discipline The Service Civilian Court: court and proceedings Section 281: Power of SCC to convict of offence other than that charged
553.This section applies to the SCC the provisions of section 161 which provides the Court Martial with a power to convict a person of an offence other than the one charged, where it finds the person not guilty of the charge in the charge sheet and where the allegations in the charge sheet amount to or include an allegation of another service offence.