Naval Discipline Act 1957
PART IArticles of war
Public worship
1Public worship to be performed
Misconduct in action and assistance to enemy
2Misconduct in action by persons in command
3Misconduct in action by other officers and men
4Obstruction of operations
5Corresponding with, supplying or serving with the enemy
Neglect of duty
6Sleeping on watch or abandoning post
7Neglect of duty
Mutiny
8Definition of " mutiny "
9Offences of mutiny
10Failure to suppress mutiny
Insubordination and similar offences
11Striking superior officer
12Disobedience or threatening superior officer
13Fighting and quarrelling
14Obstruction of provost officers
Desertion and absence without leave
15Definition of " desertion "
16Offences of desertion
17Absence without leave, etc.
18Failure to report deserters and absentees
Navigation and flying offences
19Loss or hazarding of ship or aircraft
20Dangerous flying, etc.
21Low flying
22Annoyance by flying
Prize offences
23Prize offences by commanding officers
24Other prize offences
Other offences in respect of ships and aircraft
25Inaccurate certification
26Improper carriage of goods
Malingering and drunkenness
27Malingering
28Drunkenness
Offences relating to property
29Misapplication and destruction of public and service property
30Loss and waste of public and service property
31Offences relating to issues and decorations
Offences relating to billeting and requisitioning of vehicles, etc.
32Billeting offences
33Offences in relation to requisitioning of vehicles, etc.
Miscellaneous offences
34Unauthorised disclosure of information
35Falsification of documents
36Cruelty or scandalous conduct by officers
37Disgraceful conduct
38Offences in relation to courts-martial
39Conduct to the prejudice of naval discipline
Attempts and aiding and abetting
40Attempt to commit naval offence
41Aiding and abetting of naval offence
Civil offences
42Civil offences
Punishments
43Scale of punishments
44Supplementary provisions as to punishments
PART IITrial and punishment of offences
Arrest
45Duty to bring offenders to justice and powers of arrest
46Provisions for avoiding delay after arrest
47Evidence of arrest or surrender
Jurisdiction
48Jurisdiction of courts-martial
49Summary trial
50Disciplinary courts
51Jurisdiction to try offenders no longer subject to this Act
52Limitation of time for trial
Constitution of courts-martial
53Ordering of courts-martial
54Composition of courts-martial
55Officials of courts-martial
56Place and time of sittings of courts-martial
57Quorum
Proceedings of courts-martial
58General Orders as to procedure of courts-martial
59Challenge by accused
60Administration of oaths
61Courts-martial to sit in open court
62Finding and sentence
63Special finding of insane at time of trial or offence
64Summoning of witnesses
65Contempt of court-martial by civilians
66Record of proceedings of courts-martial
Power to convict of mitigated or alternative offence
67Power to convict of mitigated offence
68Power to convict of alternative offence
69Power to convict of attempt notwithstanding proof of completed offence
Review of finding and sentence
70Review by Admiralty of finding and sentence
71Power to quash or alter findings
72Power to remit or alter sentences
73Saving for functions of Judge Advocate of Her Majesty's Fleet
Special powers of Admiralty
74Power to dispense with trial of persons confessing to desertion
75Forfeiture of pay and effects of certain absentees
76Restitution or compensation on conviction of larceny, etc.
77Effect of appeal against conviction on order for restitution or compensation
Execution of sentence of death
78Confirmation and authority for execution
79Regulations as to execution
80Execution in civil prison in the United Kingdom
Service of sentence of imprisonment or detention
81Place of imprisonment or detention
82Naval Detention Quarters Rules
83Service of sentence in civil prison in the United Kingdom
84Removal of certain prisoners
Commencement and duration of sentences of imprisonment and detention
85Commencement of sentences
86Consecutive sentences
87Periods of compassionate release
88Periods of unlawful absence
89Limitation of total period of sentences of detention
Suspension and reconsideration of sentences of imprisonment and detention
90Suspension of sentences
91Committal or re-committal of persons under suspended sentence
92Reconsideration of sentences
PART IIIProvisions relating to civilians and civil authorities
Offences by civilians triable by court-martial
93Spying in ships or in naval establishments abroad
94Seduction from duty in ships or in naval establishments abroad
95Arrest and jurisdiction
Offences punishable by civil courts
96False pretence of desertion or absence without leave
97Procuring or assisting desertion or absence without leave
98Unlawful purchase of naval property
99Illegal dealings in official documents
100Jurisdiction and application of summary fines
Process and execution in certain civil proceedings
101Service of proceedings for maintenance, etc.
102Exemption of naval property from execution
Arrest and detention of offenders by civil authorities
103Arrest under warrants of naval authorities
104Arrest of persons unlawfully at large
105Arrest of deserters and absentees
106Arrest of persons suspected of offences punishable by civil courts
107Duties of governors of civil prisons, etc.
Powers of civil courts and authorities as to deserters and absentees
108Deserters and absentees surrendering to police
109Proceedings before summary courts
110Certificates of arrest or surrender
PART IVMiscellaneous and General
Persons subject to this Act
111Naval forces, volunteers and trainees
112Marines
113Attached military and air forces
114Commonwealth forces
115Colonial naval forces
116Application to deserters, etc., from commonwealth and colonial forces
117Application to passengers in H.M. ships
118Application to certain civilians
119Application to sentenced offenders, etc.
Attachment and powers of command
120Attachment to military or air forces
121Attachment to commonwealth and other forces
122Powers of command of members of co-operating military or air forces
Application to particular countries and territories
123Scotland
124Northern Ireland
125Channel Islands and Isle of Man
126Colonies
127Protectorates, protected states, trust territories and federated territories
128Republic of Ireland
Miscellaneous provisions
129Jurisdiction of civil courts
130Redress of complaints
131Ships under convoy
Interpretation
132Definitions of Her Majesty's ships, forces, etc.
133Definitions of officer, rating and superior officer
134Definition of active service
135General Interpretation
Supplemental
136Minor amendments
137Repeals and transitional provisions
138Savings
139Short title and commencement
SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULEApplication of Act to Marine Forces
1For paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section forty-three of...
2Subsection (7) of section forty-four of this Act shall not...
3Notwithstanding anything in section two hundred and one of the...
4In subsection (2) of section fifty-two of this Act, for...
SECOND SCHEDULEApplication of Act to attached Military and Air Forces
1Throughout Part I of this Act, for any reference to...
2For paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section forty-three of...
3For paragraph (k) of the said subsection (1) there shall...
4Paragraph (f) of the said subsection (1) and subsection (6)...
5Subsection (7) of section forty-four of this Act shall not...
6Notwithstanding anything in section two hundred and one of the...
7In subsection (1) of section fifty, the reference to an...
8In relation to the trial of a member of the...
9In subsection (2) of section fifty-two of this Act, for...
10Any reference in this Act to the uniform of any...
11In sections seventy to seventy-two of this Act, in their...
THIRD SCHEDULECivilians subject to this Act outside Her Majesty's dominions
1Persons serving Her Majesty, or otherwise employed, in such capacities...
2Persons who are employed by, or in the service of,...
3Persons belonging to or employed by any other organisation so...
4Persons who, for the purposes of their profession or employment,...
5Persons forming part of the family of members of any...
6Persons forming part of the family of persons falling within...
7Persons employed by members of any of Her Majesty's naval,...
8Persons employed by persons falling within paragraphs 1 to 6...
9Persons forming part of the family of persons falling within...
FOURTH SCHEDULEApplication of Act to Certain Civilians
1In the application of any enactment contained in Part I...
2In section thirty-nine of this Act, in its application to...
3Any person found committing an offence for which he is...
4In relation to a person liable to be tried as...
FIFTH SCHEDULEMinor Amendments
SIXTH SCHEDULEEnactments Repealed
SEVENTH SCHEDULETransitional Provisions
1In relation to an offence against any section in Part...
2Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 1 of this Schedule, where any...
3Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 1 of this schedule, the provisions...
4Where after the date of the commencement of this Act...
5Any commission issued before the date of commencement of this...
6Any Order in Council, general orders or regulations made under...
7In so far as general orders under subsection (4) of...

Naval Discipline Act 1957

1957 Chapter 53

An Act to make provision for the discipline of the Navy, and for other purposes connected with the Navy.

Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the government of Her Majesty's Navy, whereon, under the good Providence of God, the wealth, safety and strength of the Kingdom so much depend:

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: