{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007/rule-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-army-rules-2007/rule-84.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/84",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Deliberation on sentence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to section 118A(3) of the Act and to paragraph (5), the court shall award one sentence in respect of all the offences of which the accused has been found guilty and all the offences taken into consideration in accordance with rule 79.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (4), the vote of each member of the court as to the sentence 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.\n(3) The judge advocate shall vote last and the president of the board shall vote immediately before him.\n(4) In the case of an equality of votes on sentence, the president of the board shall have the casting vote.\n(5) The sentence may include a direction that such deductions shall be made from the pay of the accused as may have been made if the accused had been found guilty by the court of the offence taken into consideration as well as of the offence or offences of which he has been found guilty.\n(6) While the court sits in closed court to deliberate on sentence, persons under instruction are permitted to be present but shall take no part in the proceedings.",
  "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/84",
    "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."
}