# The Courts-Martial Appeal (Amendment) Rules 1997, Article 6


For rule 6(1) substitute—
“(1) The period within which a person convicted by a court-martial, other than a person sentenced to death, must, as a condition precedent to the exercise of his right of appeal, present a petition to the Defence Council under section 8(2)(a) shall be:—
(a) in the case of a conviction of a prisoner of war, who has a protecting power, by a prisoner of war court martial, 28 days following the day on which he received notice that the protecting power had been notified that sentence was passed by the court-martial; and
(b) in all other cases, 28 days following the day on which sentence was passed.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/580/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeal-amendment-rules-1997/article-6
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