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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-custody-proceedings-rules-2009/article-39",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1098",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Custody Proceedings) Rules 2009",
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  "path": "article/39",
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  "heading": "Decision of the judge advocate",
  "text": "(1) The judge advocate shall announce his decision and the reasons for it at the end of any hearing and record that decision in writing.\n(2) The court administration officer shall serve copies of the decision on the commanding officer and the accused.",
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  "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."
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