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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-49",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/article-49.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/169",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/49",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Changes to the charge sheet during trial",
  "text": "(1) If after the commencement of the trial the prosecutor intends to—\n(a) amend, or substitute another charge or charges for, a charge;\n(b) discontinue proceedings on a charge;\n(c) prefer an additional charge;\nthe prosecutor shall seek the leave of the court.\n(2) Where the court gives leave to discontinue proceedings on a charge, it shall consider whether to give the direction provided for in section 83B(14) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/169/article/49",
    "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."
}