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Paragraph 4 Suspended sentences of military and air-force courts-martial

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(1)

In relation to a sentence which is suspended at commencement—

(a)

section 120(5) of each of the 1955 Acts (power to activate suspended sentence), as substituted by this Order, applies only if the court-martial passes a sentence of imprisonment or detention on the person; and

(b)

section 120(5B) of each of those Acts (power to make activated sentence consecutive to another sentence) has effect as if paragraph (a) were omitted.