(2) The procedure for and the frequency of reconsideration in terms of subsection (1) shall be as prescribed.
74 Postponement or suspension of sentence by military courts
(1) When a member is convicted by a military court of any offence other than an offence punishable by
death, the military court may—
(a) postpone for a period not exceeding five years the passing of sentence and release the offender on such
conditions, whether as to compensation to be made by the offender for damage or pecuniary loss, good
conduct or otherwise, as the military court thinks fit; or
(b) pass sentence of imprisonment or detention but order the operation of the whole or any part of the
sentence to be suspended for a period not exceeding five years on such conditions as aforesaid as the
military court thinks fit; or
(c) pass sentence of a fine or, in default of payment, imprisonment or detention, but suspend the issue of the
warrant committing the offender to prison or to a detention barracks in default of payment until the expiry of such period, not exceeding twelve months, as the military court may fix for payment, in instalments or otherwise, of the amount of the fine, or until default has been made by the offender in the
payment of the fine or any such instalments, the amounts of any instalments and the dates of payment
thereof being fixed by order of the military court, which may in respect of the suspension of the issue of
the warrant impose such conditions as it considers necessary or advisable in the interests of justice.
(2) If the offender has, during the period of any postponement ordered in terms of subsection (1), observed
all the conditions specified in the order, the sentence shall not be passed or enforced, as the case may be.
(3) If an offender fails to comply with any condition of postponement or suspension made under subsection
(1), he may be brought before a confirming authority who may then—
(a) commit the offender to undergo the sentence which may then be or has been lawfully passed; or
(b) on good cause shown by the offender, grant a further postponement or suspension for a further period
not exceeding that originally ordered in terms of subsection (1) on such conditions as might have been
imposed at the time of the original postponement or suspension.
(4) If it appears to any civil court or court martial that an offender who is appearing before it has failed to
comply with any condition referred to in subsection (3), it may—
(a) exercise the powers conferred upon a confirming authority by that subsection; or
(b) in the case of a civil court, order the offender to be brought before a confirming authority and paragraph
(b) of subsection (1) of section seventy-seven shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of such order.
(5) An offender who, during the period of any postponement or suspension ordered in terms of subsection
(1), ceases to be a member shall be absolved from the passing or enforcement of the sentence, as the case may be,
and from compliance with any conditions of postponement or suspension.
75 Execution of death sentence
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where a sentence of death passed by a court martial is to be executed in Zimbabwe, that sentence shall be executed in the same manner as a sentence of death passed by the High Court.
(2) A sentence of death passed by a court martial—
(a) which is to be executed outside Zimbabwe; or
(b) if the President so directs, which is to be executed inside Zimbabwe;
shall be executed in private by a firing squad.
(3) The constitution and functions of a firing squad referred to in subsection (2) shall be as prescribed.
76 Recovery of fines
(1) When a member of a Reserve Force is sentenced by a military court to pay a fine, whether the se ntence
directs that in default of payment of the fine the member shall be imprisoned or not, a prescribed officer may issue
a warrant addressed to a messenger of a magistrates court and authorizing him to levy an amount by attachment
and sale of any movable property belonging to that member sufficient to cover —
(a) the fine; and
(b) the costs and expenses of—
(i) the warrant; and
(ii) the attachment and sale thereunder.
(2) If the fine is not recovered or paid within thirty days of the date of issue of a warrant in terms of subsection (1) or such longer period as may be allowed, then in the case of an offender who—
(a) has been sentenced to pay a fine only, the offender shall, if so ordered in writing by a prescribed officer,
appear at such time and place and before such prescribed officer as is mentioned in the written order and
that prescribed officer may sentence him to imprisonment or detention in lieu of the amount of the fine
which has not been recovered or paid;
(b) has been sentenced in default of payment of a fine to a period of imprisonment or detention, a prescribed
officer may issue a warrant authorizing a police officer to arrest the offender and deliver him to the civil
prison or detention barracks, as the case may be, specified in the warrant, where the offender shall —
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