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(1)The operation of any order made under section seventy-five of the Army Act or section seventy-five of the Air Force Act (which relate to the restitution of stolen property) on a conviction by a court-martial shall (unless the authority making the order directs to the contrary in any case in which, in the opinion of that authority, the title to the property is not in dispute) be suspended—
(a)in any case, until the expiration of the period prescribed under this Part of this Act as the period within which an application for leave to appeal to the Court against the conviction must be lodged; and
(b)if such an application is duly lodged, until either the application is finally refused or is withdrawn or the appeal is determined or abandoned ;
and where the operation of any such order as aforesaid is suspended under this subsection, it shall not take effect if the conviction is quashed on appeal.
(2)The Court may by order annul or vary any such order as aforesaid although the conviction is not quashed and the order, if annulled, shall not take effect and, if varied, shall take effect as varied.
(3)Provision may be made by rules of court for securing the safe custody of any property to which any such order as aforesaid relates during the period during which the operation of the order is suspended under this section.
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