Article 28 Charge defective in law

The accused before pleading to a charge may object to it on the grounds that it is not correct in law and if he does so, the prosecutor may address the court in answer to the objection and the accused may reply to the prosecutor’s address.

When a trial has begun but circumstances arise during the proceedings of the court which, in the opinion of the convening authority, render dissolution of the trial necessary, the convening authority should so inform the president and the president is to declare in open court that the accused is discharged from the custody of the court and that the court is dissolved by order of the convening authority.