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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009/article-102",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2041",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/102",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "102",
  "heading": "Examination of witnesses",
  "text": "(1) The judge advocate may question any witness, or put to the witness a question from a lay member.\n(2) If it appears to the judge advocate to be in the interests of justice, the court may—\n(a) allow the cross-examination or re-examination of a witness to be postponed;\n(b) call any witness whom it has not already heard;\n(c) recall a witness;\n(d) permit any party to recall a witness;\n(e) permit the Director to call a witness after the close of the case for the prosecution; or\n(f) permit a defendant to give evidence after calling another witness.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2041/article/102",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:07:43.001865+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."
}