108 Petitions against finding or sentence.F3U.K.
At any time after a court-martial has sentenced the accused, [F1or has found the accused to be unfit to stand his trial or to be not guilty by reasonof insanity] but not later than the prescribed time after confirmation is completed [F2or, in the case of a sentence under section 57(2) of this Act, after the award of thesentence], the accused may in the prescribed manner present a petition against finding or sentence or both.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (c. 84), s. 8(3) proviso (c),Sch. 2 Pt. I
F2Words inserted (retrospectively) by Armed Forces Act 1986 (c. 21, SIF 7:1),s. 16(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(c)
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F3Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2