# The Naval Courts-Martial General Orders (Royal Navy) 1991, Article 58: Offences taken into consideration


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(1) Before the court close to deliberate on the sentence, the accused may request the court to take into consideration any other offence against the Act committed by him of a similar nature to that of which he has been found guilty, and, upon such a request being made, the court may agree to take into consideration any of such other offences as to the court seem proper.
(2) A list of the offences which the court agree to take into consideration shall be read to the accused by the judge advocate, who shall ask the accused if he admits having committed them. The accused shall sign a list of the offences which he admits having committed and the Court shall take the offences in this list into consideration. The list shall be signed by the president and be attached to the record of proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2737/article/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991/article-58
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