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SCHEDULE 8Amendment of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968

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In section 12 (power to quash conviction as unsafe)—

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in subsection (1)(a) for “court-martial” substitute “ the Court Martial ”;

b

after subsection (2) add—

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Where the Appeal Court quash a conviction, the appellant is to be treated as if he had been acquitted by the Court Martial; but this does not apply if an order under section 19 authorising the appellant to be retried is made.