http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/20/section/14A/2005-03-31Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968An Act to consolidate the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 and the enactments amending it, including so much of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 as provides an appeal from the Courts-Martial Appeal Court to the House of Lords.1976-07-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-11-12Expert Participation2005-03-31 Part II Appeals from Courts-Martial Disposal of appeal<Addition ChangeId="key-f74091addd37cf61361096a9b8b662d5-1537789446734" CommentaryRef="key-f74091addd37cf61361096a9b8b662d5" Extent="E.W.">Substitution of conviction on different charge after guilty plea</Addition>14A1This section applies where—aan appellant has been convicted of an offence to which he pleaded guilty,bif he had not so pleaded, he could lawfully have pleaded, or been found, guilty of some other offence, andcit appears to the Appeal Court on an appeal against conviction that the plea of guilty indicates an admission by the appellant of facts which prove him guilty of that other offence.2The Appeal Court may, instead of allowing or dismissing the appeal, substitute for the appellant’s plea of guilty a plea of guilty of the other offence, and may pass on the appellant, in substitution for the sentence passed on him by the court-martial, such sentence as they think proper, being a sentence warranted by the relevant Service Act for that other offence, but not a sentence of greater severity.S. 14A inserted (E.W.) (1.9.2004) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 318(3), 336(3)(4); S.I. 2004/1629, art. 3(1)(2)(e)
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