(1)Section 70 of the Army Act 1955 M1 and section 70 of the Air Force Act 1955 (civil offenders) M2, as amended by section 1(6) of the Genocide Act 1969 M3, shall each be amended by inserting in subsection (4), after the word “genocide”, the words “ or an offence under section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 ”.
(2)In section 48(2) of the Navy Discipline Act 1957 (exclusion of jurisdiction of courts-martial) M4, as amended by section 1(7) of the Genocide Act 1969, after the word “genocide” there shall be inserted the words “ or an offence under section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 ”.
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C1The text of s. 5(1)(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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