{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biological-weapons-act-1974/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biological-weapons-act-1974/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/6",
  "legislation_title": "Biological Weapons Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biological-weapons-act-1974",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts.",
  "text": "(1) Section 70 of the Army Act 1955 and section 70 of the Air Force Act 1955 (civil offenders) , as amended by section 1(6) of the Genocide Act 1969 , shall each be amended by inserting in subsection (4), after the word “genocide”, the words “ or an offence under section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 ”.\n(2) In section 48(2) of the Navy Discipline Act 1957 (exclusion of jurisdiction of courts-martial) , as amended by section 1(7) of the Genocide Act 1969, after the word “genocide” there shall be inserted the words “ or an offence under section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1955 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1955 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1969 c. 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1957 c. 53"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of s. 5(1)(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/6/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:46:10.987534+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."
}