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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-54",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/170",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 1997",
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  "path": "article/54",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Questioning by the court",
  "text": "(1) The court may question any witness.\n(2) After the witness has replied, the parties to the proceedings may ask the witness such questions arising from his answer as may be allowed by the judge advocate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "rev",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/1535",
      "affecting_title": "The Courts-Martial (Amendment) Rules 2005"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/170/article/54",
    "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."
}