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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Election of trial by court-martial",
  "text": "(1) An accused to whom a summons has been sent may in accordance with this article elect court-martial trial—\n(a) at any time before the date appointed for his trial, by notifying the court administration officer in writing; or\n(b) at trial in accordance with article 37 below.\n(2) Where a charge sheet contains two or more charges against an accused, he may elect only in respect of both or all such charges.\n(3) Where there is more than one charge sheet relating to an accused, he may elect in respect of any one or more of them.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/172/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:27:04.339831+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."
}