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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-36",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/170",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/36",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Plea to the charge",
  "text": "(1) The accused shall be arraigned by the judge advocate after the commencement of the trial.\n(2) The accused shall be required to plead separately to each charge on which he is arraigned.\n(3) Where the court is empowered to make a special finding, the accused may plead guilty to the offence subject to the matters as would merit the special finding.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/170/article/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:05.922918+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."
}