{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009/article-19.json",
  "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/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Proceedings in absence of defendant etc",
  "text": "(1) Proceedings may be held in the absence of any person to whom they relate, if the judge advocate so directs.\n(2) This rule does not permit a defendant to be arraigned in his absence.\n(3) The court may not impose a driving disqualification order in the absence of an offender, unless the court is satisfied that the offender was informed prior to the hearing that the court was considering disqualification.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 19(3) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Armed Forces (Driving Disqualification Orders) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/209), regs. 1(2), 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2041/article/19",
    "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."
}