Section LIX Report of Proceedings of Courts-martial.

Every Judge Advocate, or Person officiating as Judge Advocate, shall transmit with as much Expedition as may be the original Proceedings and Sentence of every Court-martial attended by him to the Commander-in-Chief or senior Officer, who shall transmit them to the Secretary of the Admiralty for the Time being, and any Person tried by a Court-martial shall be entitled, on Demand, to a Copy of such Proceedings and Sentence, at any Time not sooner than Six Months after the Trial if the same takes place in the Mediterranean, Three Months if at any other Naval Station within Europe, and Twelve Months if elsewhere, (upon Payment for the same at the Rate of Fourpence per Folio of Seventy-two Words,) but no such Demand shall be allowed after the Space of Three, Years from the Date of the final Decision of such Court-martial.