Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38)

Part I U.K. General

5 Appeals etc. from courts-martial. X1 U.K.

(1) The following section shall be inserted after section 33 of the M1 Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968—

“33A Appellant’s expenses.

Without prejudice to section 31 above, where an appellant who is not in custody appears before the Appeal Court either on the hearing of his appeal or in any preliminary or incidental proceedings, the Appeal Court may direct the Secretary of State to pay him the expenses of his appearance.”.

(2) In section 34(2) of that Act (reference of cases by Service authorities), for the words “other than those of sections 31 and 32” there shall be substituted the words “ other than that of section 32 ”.

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(4) In section 47(3) of that Act (costs on appeals to the House of Lords), for the words from the beginning to “accused”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words “ On determining an appeal from the Appeal Court, ”.

Editorial Information

X1 The text of ss. 1(1), 4, 5, 11, 12, 17(2), 19(2)(5), 24, 26(1), 28, 29, 32(4) Schs. 3, 5 does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 3(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), {Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group 4}

Marginal Citations

M1 1968 c. 20.