{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/20",
  "legislation_title": "Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Right of appellant to be present.",
  "text": "(1) An appellant (whether or not in custody) is entitled to be present on the hearing of his appeal.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an appellant in custody—\n(a) where his appeal is on a ground involving only a question of law,\n(b) on an application by him for leave to appeal, or\n(c) on any proceedings preliminary or incidental to an appeal,\nunless the Appeal Court give him leave to be present.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 27 substituted (28.3.2009 for specified purposes, 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 8 para. 30; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/20/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:30.184032+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."
}