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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991/article-51",
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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/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Closing addresses",
  "text": "–\n(1) After the evidence has been given the prosecutor and the accused may each make a closing address to the court.\n(2) The accused shall be entitled to make his closing address after the closing address by the prosecutor.\n(3) Where 2 or more accused are represented by the same accused’s friend he may make one closing address only.\n(4) Where the accused is not represented, then, whether or not he himself has given evidence, the prosecutor shall not make a closing address unless the accused has called witnesses as to the facts of the case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2737/article/51",
    "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."
}