Defence Act 1954

169A

F172[Trial by court-martial of treason and certain murders and attempts.

169A.(1) A person subject to military law who is accused of murder which is alleged to be murder to which section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1990, applies or of an attempt to commit such a murder and is to be tried by court-martial shall be charged with murder to which that section applies or, as the case may be, with an attempt to commit such a murder, and the following provisions of that Act, namely

(a) section 4, with the substitution of "court-martial" for "court", and

(b) subsection (2) of section 6, with the substitution of "charged with" for "indicted for",

shall apply and have effect in relation to the trial.

(2) The said section 4 shall apply and have effect, in relation to the trial of a person subject to military law who is accused of treason, with the substitution of "court-martial" for "court".]

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F172

Inserted (11.07.1990) by Criminal Justice Act 1990 (16/1990), s. 7 and sch. 1, para. 4(g), commenced on enactment.