# Armed Forces Act 2006, Section 111: Arrest during proceedings at direction of court


(1) Where—
(a) a person has been arraigned before the Court Martial or the Service Civilian Court, and
(b) proceedings before the court have not concluded,
a judge advocate, if satisfied that taking him into service custody is justified, may direct the arrest of that person.
(2) Any person with power to arrest that person for a service offence has the same power, exercisable in the same way, to arrest him pursuant to a direction under subsection (1).
(3) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 110 apply for the purposes of this section.
(4) A person arrested under this section who is kept in service custody—
(a) must as soon as is practicable be brought before a judge advocate for a review of whether he should continue to be kept in service custody; and
(b) on that review is to be dealt with as on a review under section 108(1) (see sections 108(4) to (8) and 109).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/52/section/111 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-act-2006/section-111
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