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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006-transitional-provisions-etc-order-2009/article-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1059",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional Provisions etc) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006-transitional-provisions-etc-order-2009",
  "path": "article/23",
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  "number": "23",
  "heading": "False statements made on enlistment",
  "text": "(1) Except where paragraph (2) applies—\n(a) the Court Martial may not try a person for an offence under section 61 of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 34A of NDA 1957 (false statements made on enlistment); and\n(b) a charge against a person in respect of such an offence may not be heard summarily by an officer.\n(2) This paragraph applies if the person became subject to military law, air-force law or NDA 1957 and remained so until commencement.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1059/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:50.439651+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}