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(1)The following provisions shall have effect where a person has been convicted by court-martial ofunlawfully obtaining any property, whether by stealing it, [F1handling it], F2 or otherwise [F3or where a person has been convicted of any offence by a court-martial and the courthas taken such an offence of unlawfully obtaining property into consideration in sentencing him.].
(2)If any of the property unlawfully obtained has been found in the possession of the offender, it may beordered to be delivered or paid to the person appearing to be the owner thereof.
(3)If there has been found in the possession of the offender any property (other than money) appearing tohave been obtained by him by the conversion or exchange of any of the property unlawfully obtained, theproperty may be ordered to be delivered to the person appearing to be the owner of the property unlawfullyobtained.
(4)Where money is found in the possession of the offender, then whether or not it appears to have beenobtained as aforesaid an order may be made that there shall be paid out of that money to the personappearing to be the owner of the property unlawfully obtained such sum as may be specified in the order asor towards compensation for the loss caused to the said person by the offence, in so far as not otherwisemade good under this Act or by the recovery of the property unlawfully obtained.
(5)Where any of the property unlawfully obtained has been sold or given in pawn to some other person whodid not then know it to have been unlawfully obtained, an order may be made that, subject to the restitutionto the owner thereof of the property sold or given as aforesaid, there shall be paid to the said otherperson, out of any money found in the possession of the offender (whether or not the money appears to beproceeds of the sale or giving in pawn), such sum as may be specified in the order as or towardscompensation for the loss caused to him in consequence of the sale or giving in pawn.
(6)Where any of the property unlawfully obtained has been given in exchange to some other person who didnot then know it to have been unlawfully obtained, an order may be made that, subject to the restitutionto the owner thereof of the property given as aforesaid, there shall be restored to the said other personthe property taken in exchange for the property unlawfully obtained.
(7)An order under this section may be made by the court-martial by whom the offender is convicted, F4. . ., or by any reviewing authority; and in this section the expression “appearing” means appearing to the court, F4. . .or authority making the order.
(8)F5. . . the provisions of this Part of this Act as to the F5. . . review of theproceedings of courts-martial shall apply to an order under this section as they apply to a sentence.
(9)The operation of any order under this section shall be suspended—
(a)in any case, until the expiration of the period prescribed under [F6Part II of the M1Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968], as the period within which an application for leave to appeal to the Courts-Martial Appeal Courtagainst [F7a relevant conviction] must be lodged; and
(b)if such an application is duly lodged, until either the application is finally refused or is withdrawnor the appeal is determined or abandoned;
and where the operation of such an order as aforesaid is suspended under this section—
(c)it shall not take effect if the conviction is quashed on appeal;
(d)the Courts-Martial Appeal Court may by order annul or vary the order although the conviction is notquashed;
(e)such steps shall be taken for the safe custody, during the period during which the operation of theorder is suspended, of the property ordered to be restored or handed over or the money to which the orderrelates as may be provided by rules of court made under [F6Part II of the said Act of 1968].
(10)Notwithstanding anything in the last foregoing subsection, an order under this section shall not, sofar as it relates to the delivery of property to the person appearing to be the owner thereof, be suspendedif the court, F8. . . or authority making the order directs to the contrary in any case in which, in theopinion of the court, F8. . .or authority, the title to the property is not in dispute.
(11)An order under this section shall not bar the right of any person, other than the offender or a personclaiming through him, to recover any property delivered or paid in pursuance of such an order from theperson to whom it is delivered or paid.
[F9(12)In this section “relevant conviction” means—
(a)where an order under this section was made as a result of a conviction of such an offence of unlawfullyobtaining property as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, that conviction; or
(b)where an order under this section was made as a result of such an offence of unlawfully obtainingproperty having been taken into consideration in determining sentence, the conviction or, if more than one,each conviction in respect of which the sentence fell to be determined.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Theft Act 1968 (c. 60), Sch. 2 Pt. II
F2Words repealed by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), s. 78(4), Sch. 4 Pt. I
F3Words added by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), s. 14, Sch. 7 para. 1(1)
F4Words in s. 138(7) repealed (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by 1996 c. 46, s. 35(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
F5Words in s. 138(8) repealed (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by 1996 c. 46, s. 35(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
F6Words substituted by Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20), Sch. 4
F7Words substituted by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), s. 14, Sch. 7 para. 1(2)
F8Words in s. 138(10) repealed (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by 1996 c. 46, s. 35(2), Sch. 7 Pt. II; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 2)
F9S. 138(12) added by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), s. 14, Sch. 7 para. 1(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 138 extended with modifications by Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52), Sch. 3 para. 17
C2S. 138(9) modified by Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20), s. 46(1)
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Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F10Act: 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
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