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Armed Forces Act 2006, Section 64 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 10 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

64Service proceedings barring subsequent civilian proceedingsU.K.

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(1)This section applies where a person—

(a)has been convicted or acquitted of an offence under section 42 (criminal conduct); or

(b)has had such an offence taken into consideration when being sentenced.

(2)A civilian court in a relevant territory may not try that person for any offence for which, under the law of that territory, it would be debarred from trying him if he had been convicted or (as the case may be) acquitted by a court in England and Wales of the relevant offence.

(3)The relevant offence” means the offence under the law of England and Wales which the act (or alleged act) constituting the offence under section 42 amounted to.

(4)Where that act (or alleged act) would amount to an offence under the law of England and Wales if it had been done in England or Wales, for the purposes of subsection (3) it shall be assumed to amount to that offence.

(5)In this section “relevant territory” means—

(a)England and Wales;

(b)Scotland;

(c)Northern Ireland; or

(d)the Isle of Man.

(6)In this section “act” includes an omission and references to the doing of an act are to be read accordingly.

Commencement Information

I1S. 64 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

I2S. 64 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

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