{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007/rule-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007/rule-76.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3442",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Army) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007",
  "path": "rule/76",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Deliberation on finding",
  "text": "(1) After the summing up, the judge advocate shall direct the board to withdraw to deliberate on its finding on each charge before it.\n(2) If the court requires further direction on the law during its deliberation on a finding on any charge, it shall suspend its deliberation to seek and be given further direction by the judge advocate in open court.\n(3) During its deliberation on a finding, the court shall not separate until the finding has been reached unless the judge advocate directs that in the interests of justice the court may separate.\n(4) The vote of each member of the court on the finding on each charge shall be given orally—\n(a) in reverse order of seniority; or\n(b) for a board with civilian members, in the order determined by the president of the board, save that he shall vote last.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3442/rule/76",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:03.804021+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."
}