(1)Subject to the provisions of . . . F1 the next following section, a person who has ceased to be subject to this Act may be tried under this Part of this Act for any offence committed while subject to this Act, and [F2if arrested under section 45 of this Act may for that purpose be kept in naval, military or air-force custody] , as if he had not ceased to be subject thereto.
(2) . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55), Sch. 5 Pt. II
F2Words in s. 51(1) substituted (18.7.2008) by The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1694), art. 10 (with Sch. para. 1)
F3S. 51(2) repealed by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55), Sch. 5 Pt. II
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F4Act repealed (prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 17 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual provisions