{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968/section-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/20",
  "legislation_title": "Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-appeals-act-1968",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Modifications for protected prisoners of war",
  "text": "As respects a protected prisoner of war (as defined by section 7(1) of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957), this Act applies in relation to a prisoner of war court-martial constituted under a Royal Warrant as it applies in relation to the Court Martial, subject to such modifications as may be contained in the Royal Warrant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 56 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. 50; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2011/18",
      "affecting_title": "Armed Forces Act 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/20/section/56",
    "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."
}