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Article 86 Modification of the 1955 Act for appeals

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

The provisions of the 1955 Act concerning courts-martial which are specified in column 1 below shall apply to appeals before courts-martial from Standing Civilian Courts subject to the modifications and exceptions specified in column 2 below—

Column 1Column 2
Provision appliedModifications and exceptions
(finding and sentence)
section 97

after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(4)

Any finding or sentence of the court-martial shall replace the finding or sentence of the Standing Civilian Court and shall be announced as such.”

(power of reviewing authority to authorise retrial)
section 113Ashall not apply
(limitation of time for trial of offences)
section 132shall not apply
(persons not to be tried for offences already disposed of)
section 134shall not operate so as to prevent any appeal being determined