{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-2007/rule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-2007/rule-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3443",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-rules-2007",
  "path": "rule/5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of election in a multiple charge case",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) an election for court-martial trial relates to two or more preliminary charges; and\n(b) that election is withdrawn with the leave of the prosecuting authority,\nsection 52I(2) of the Act shall have effect as if it required the prosecuting authority to refer back to the commanding officer of the accused each of the preliminary charges to be tried summarily.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3443/rule/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:02.316858+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."
}