178E.— (1) This section and sections 178F and 178G shall apply in relation to a compensation order made under section 177C or 178C as they apply to a punishment awarded under the said section 177C or 178C, as the case may be, and for the purpose of such application references in this section and sections 178F and 178G to a punishment shall be construed as references to a compensation order.

(2) A person in respect of whom, under section 177C or 178C—

(a) a charge has been disposed of summarily, and

(b) a determination made and punishment awarded by an authorised officer or commanding officer, as the case may be,

may appeal in the manner prescribed by court-martial rules to the summary court-martial against the determination or the punishment or both the determination and the punishment.

(3) An appeal under this section shall be brought—

(a) within seven days beginning with the date on which the punishment was awarded ("the initial period"), or

F187[(b) within such longer period as the summary court-martial may allow following an application made in that behalf to the summary court-martial before the end of the initial period.]

(4) The respondent to an appeal under this section shall be the Director.]