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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991/article-56",
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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/56",
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  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Advice of judge advocate on finding",
  "text": "–\n(1) The court shall then re-open and the judge advocate shall countersign the record of the findings of the court unless he considers the findings to be incorrect in law, in which case he shall inform the court of that fact and shall advise them on the law accordingly.\n(2) If the judge advocate does so advise, the court shall retire to reconsider its findings in closed court and proceed as in accordance with Orders 54 and 55 above.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2737/article/56",
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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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