{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009/article-42",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2009/9780111479216",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/42",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Warrant for arrest by civilian police",
  "text": "(1) Where a judge advocate has power to direct the arrest of a defendant under section 111 (including that section as applied by rule 41), he also has power to issue a warrant for the defendant’s arrest.\n(2) A warrant issued under this rule—\n(a) must be addressed to one or more officers of a civilian police force;\n(b) must state the offence with which the defendant is charged; and\n(c) must state that he must be transferred to service custody as soon as is practicable after his arrest.\n(3) Where a defendant is arrested under a warrant issued under this rule and is transferred to service custody, subsection (4) of section 111 shall apply as if he had been arrested under that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111479216/article/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:57:31.031139+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."
}