# The Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) Order 2008, Paragraph 4: Suspended sentences of military and air-force courts-martial


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110817507/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-alignment-of-service-discipline-acts-order-2008/schedule/paragraph-4
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