# The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 1997, Article 69: Offences taken into consideration


(1) Before the court deliberates on sentence, the accused may request the court to take into consideration any other offence committed by him of a similar nature to that of which he has been found guilty, and, upon such a request being made, the court may agree to take into consideration any such offence as to the judge advocate seems proper.
(2) A list of the offences which the court agrees to take into consideration shall be read to the accused by the judge advocate, who shall ask the accused if he admits having committed them.
(3) The accused shall sign a list of the offences which he admits having committed and the court shall take the offences in the list into consideration.
(4) The list shall be signed by the judge advocate and attached to the record of proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/170/article/69 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-1997/article-69
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