C1C2Part II Discipline and Trial and Punishment of Military Offences

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Part II extended by Reserve Forces Act 1980 (c. 9), s. 142

C2

Part II applied (1.6.1996 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by Armed Forces Act 1991 (c. 62, SIF 7:1), ss. 18(9)(a), 20(10)(a); S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2

Courts-martial: general provisions

85 Powers of different descriptions of court-martial.

1

A general court-martial shall have power to try any person subject to military law for any offence whichunder this Act is triable by court-martial, F2and, subject to section 85A below, to award for any such offence any punishment authorised bythis Act for that offence.

2

A district court-martial shall have the powers of a general court-martial except that it shall not tryan officer or sentence a warrant officer to imprisonment, discharge with ignominy, dismissal or detention,and shall not award the punishment F3. . . of imprisonment for a term exceeding two years F4or make an order committing a person to be detained under section 71AA of this Actfor a period exceeding two years.

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