Armed Forces Act 1976

Army Act 1955 and Air Force Act 1955

1(1)At the end of section 138(1) of the [1955 c. 18.] Army Act 1955 and section 138(1) of the [1955 c. 19.] Air Force Act 1955 (restitution or compensation for theft, etc.) there shall be added the words " or where a person has been convicted of any offence by a court-martial and the court has taken such an offence of unlawfully obtaining property into consideration in sentencing him. ".

(2)In subsection (9)(a) of the said section 138, for the words " the conviction" there shall be substituted the words " a relevant conviction ".

(3)The following subsection shall be added after subsection (11):—

(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 unlawfully obtaining 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 obtaining property 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..