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218Offenders who commit murder etc when under 18: mandatory detention at Her Majesty's pleasureU.K.
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(1)This section applies if—
(a)a person is convicted by the Court Martial of an offence under section 42 (criminal conduct);
(b)the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is under that law—
(i)murder; or
(ii)any other offence the sentence for which is fixed by law as imprisonment for life; and
(c)the offender appears to the court to have been aged under 18 at the time the offence was committed.
(2)The court must (notwithstanding anything in this or any other Act) sentence him to be detained during Her Majesty's pleasure.
(3)A person sentenced to be detained under this section is liable to be detained in such place, and under such conditions, as may be determined by the Secretary of State or by such other person as may be authorised by him for the purpose.
(4)A person detained in pursuance of a sentence under this section shall be deemed to be in legal custody.
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