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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991/article-44",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2737",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval Courts-Martial General Orders (Royal Navy) 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991",
  "path": "article/44",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Examination of witnesses by president and judge advocate",
  "text": "–\n(1) The president and the judge advocate may put questions to a witness, particularly to resolve any ambiguity in earlier answers.\n(2) Upon any such question being answered, the prosecutor and the accused may put to the witness such questions arising from the answer which he has given as may be allowed by the court.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2737/article/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:33:13.386859+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."
}