The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 1997

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I Preliminary

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Service on an accused

3. PART II Prosecution of Offences

   1. 4. Referring a case to the prosecuting authority

   2. 5. Charge sheet

   3. 6. Charges and joinder

   4. 7. Notifying the accused’s commanding officer

   5. 8. Notifying the court administration officer

   6. 9. Appointment of judge advocate

   7. 10. Notification of trial

   8. 11. Discontinuing proceedings before trial

   9. 12. Amending charges and additional charges before trial

4. PART III General Matters

   1. 13. Conduct of the defence

   2. 14. Ordering the court

   3. 15. Ineligibility for membership of courts-martial

   4. 16. Appointment of court officials

   5. 17. Delegation of the court administration officer’s functions

   6. 18. Additional evidence before trial

   7. 19. Witnesses not called by the prosecutor

   8. 20. Transcript of interview

   9. 21. Witness summons

5. PART IV Hearing for Directions

   1. 22. Convening a hearing for directions

   2. 23. Hearing for directions in chambers

   3. 24. Substance of a hearing for directions

6. PART V Proceedings at Court-Martial

   1. 25. Pre-trial hearing

   2. 26. Challenges and oaths at a pre-trial hearing

   3. 27. Substance of a pre-trial hearing

   4. 28. President and members

   5. 29. The judge advocate

   6. 30. Judge advocate sitting alone

   7. 31. Challenges by the accused

   8. 32. Oaths and affirmations

   9. 33. Administration of oaths and affirmations

   10. 34. Commencement of the trial

   11. 35. Severance

   12. 36. Plea to the charge

   13. 37. Guilty plea

   14. 38. Alternative charges

   15. 39. Additional charges during trial

   16. 40. Changes to the charge sheet during trial

   17. 41. Changes to the charge sheet by the court

   18. 42. Procedure after guilty plea

   19. 43. Mixed pleas

   20. 44. Dispute on facts after guilty plea

   21. 45. Change of plea

   22. 46. Procedure after not guilty plea

   23. 47. Additional evidence during trial

   24. 48. Expert evidence

   25. 49. Exhibits

   26. 50. Presence of witnesses

   27. 51. Evidence through television link

   28. 52. Video recordings of testimony from child witnesses

   29. 53. Examination of witnesses

   30. 54. Questioning by the court

   31. 55. Recall of witnesses

   32. 56. Submission of no case to answer

   33. 57. Finding of not guilty before conclusion of the defence

   34. 58. The case for the defence

   35. 59. Witnesses for the defence

   36. 60. Further evidence

   37. 61. Closing addresses

   38. 62. Summing up

   39. 63. Special finding

   40. 64. Deliberation on finding

   41. 65. Record of finding

7. PART VI Sentencing

   1. 66. Pre-sentence report

   2. 67. Evidence before sentencing

   3. 68. Evidence on behalf of the accused

   4. 69. Offences taken into consideration

   5. 70. Deliberation on sentence

   6. 71. Postponement of deliberation on sentence

   7. 72. Announcement of sentence

   8. 73. Conclusion of the trial

8. PART VII Review of Court-Martial Finding and Sentence

   1. 74. The petition

   2. 75. Decision on review

9. PART VIII Miscellaneous

   1. 76. Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1879

   2. 77. Record of proceedings

   3. 78. Circumstances not provided for

   4. 79. Revocation and savings

10. Signature

11. SCHEDULES

    1. Schedule 1

       Charges and joinder

       1. Part I: Rules

       2. Part II: Form

    2. Schedule 2

       Forms

    3. Schedule 3

       Hearing for directions

    4. Schedule 4

       Oaths and affirmations

       1. Part I: Manner of administering oaths and affirmations

       2. Part II: Forms of oath

       3. Part III: Form of Scottish oaths

       4. Part IV: Form of solemn affirmations

12. Explanatory Note