C1 Part II Discipline and Trial and Punishment of Air-Force Offences
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Courts-martial: provisions relating to trial
96 Decisions of courts-martial.
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Subject to the provisions of this section, F2the finding of a court-martial and any sentence awarded shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members of the court.
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The judge advocate shall not be entitled to vote on the finding.
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In the case of an equality of votes on the finding, the court shall acquit the accused.
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In the case of an equality of votes on the sentence, F5. . ., the president shall have a second or casting vote.
Pt. II (ss. 24-143) applied (1.6.1996) by Armed Force Act 1991 (c. 62, SIF 7:1), ss. 18(9)(b), 20(10)(b); S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2