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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/169",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 1997",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where the specific offence with which an accused person is charged in a charge sheet is one created by or under an enactment, then (without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 2 of this Part)—\n(a) the statement of offence shall contain a reference to—\n(i) the section of, or the paragraph of the Schedule to, the Act creating the offence in the case of an offence created by a provision of an Act;\n(ii) the provision creating the offence in the case of an offence created by a provision of a subordinate instrument;\n(b) the particulars shall disclose the essential elements of the offence:\nProvided that an essential element need not be disclosed if the accused person is not prejudiced or embarrassed in his defence by the failure to disclose it;\n(c) it shall not be necessary to specify or negative an exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification.",
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  "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."
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