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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Charge sheet",
  "text": "(1) A charge sheet shall state—\n(a) the name, service number, rank or rate of the accused;\n(b) the name of the ship or establishment in which the accused is serving;\n(c) particulars of how the accused is subject to or otherwise triable under the Act;\n(d) any charge preferred against the accused.\n(2) A charge sheet shall contain the whole of the issue or issues to be tried at one time and shall be signed and dated by the prosecutor.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/170/article/5",
    "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."
}