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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-armed-forces-court-martial-rules-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-177",
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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": "schedule/2/paragraph/177",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "177",
  "heading": "Arraignment",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) a defendant was arraigned on a charge under section 91A(2) of AA 1955 or AFA 1955, or section 58A(2) of NDA 1957, and\n(b) the charge is allocated for Court Martial trial,\nthe defendant is to be regarded for the purposes of these Rules as having been arraigned, and as having pleaded not guilty to the charge, in preliminary proceedings.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111479216/schedule/2/paragraph/177",
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  },
  "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."
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