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[F2(1)This section applies where—
(a)an appellant has been convicted of an offence to which he did not plead guilty;
(b)the Court Martial could lawfully have found him guilty of some other offence; and
(c)it appears to the Appeal Court on an appeal against conviction that the Court Martial must have been satisfied of facts which prove him guilty of that other offence.]
(2)The Appeal Court may, instead of allowing or dismissing the appeal, substitute for the finding of the [F3Court Martial] a finding of guilty of the other offence, and may pass on the appellant, in substitution for the sentence passed on him by the [F3Court Martial], [F4any sentence that—
(a)they think appropriate;
(b)is a sentence that the Court Martial would have had power to pass in respect of that other offence; and
(c)is not more severe than the sentence passed by the Court Martial.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 14 added (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 12(2); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
F2S. 14(1) substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 12(3); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
F3Words in s. 14(2) substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 12(4)(a); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
F4Words in s. 14(2) substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 12(4)(b); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 14 excluded (24.4.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1059), arts. 1(3), 113
C2S. 14(2) modified (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2041), rules 1, 162(3)
C3S. 14(2)(b) modified by 2006 c. 52, Sch. 3A para. 15(1)(3)-(5) (as inserted (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 1; S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(b) (with arts. 10-12))
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