After a trial by court-martial, the record shall be forwarded to the convening authority, as reviewing authority, and action thereon may be taken by the person who convened the court, a commissioned officer commanding for the time being, a successor in command, or the governor. The reviewer may approve the sentence or such part, amount, or commuted form of the sentence as he or she sees fit and may suspend or defer the execution of the sentence.
Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1182, § 1, effective June 10. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 613, § 88, effective May 24.