{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-38",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/169",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Challenges and oaths at a pre-trial hearing",
  "text": "(1) Where a pre-trial hearing takes places, rules 40 and 41 below shall be complied with at the beginning of the pre-trial hearing, except that—\n(a) the accused may not state his objection to any member of the court other than the judge advocate; and\n(b) the judge advocate shall not administer an oath or affirmation to any officer member of the court,\nuntil after the full court has convened.\n(2) When paragraph (1) above applies, the application of rules 40 and 41 below in respect of court members not present at the pre-trial hearing shall be modified accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/230",
      "affecting_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) (Amendment) Rules 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/169/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:06.653031+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."
}