C2Part II Discipline and Trial and Punishment of Air-Force Offences
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Relations between air-force law and civil courts and finality of trials
F2C1133 Jurisdiction of civil courts.
1
Where a person subject to air-force law—
a
has been tried for an offence by a court-martial or has had an offence committed by him taken into consideration by a court-martial in sentencing him, or
b
has been charged with an offence under this Act and has had the charge dealt with summarily by his commanding officer or the appropriate superior authority,
a civil court shall be debarred from trying him subsequently for F3the same, or substantially the same offence; but except as aforesaid nothing in this Act shall be construed as restricting the jurisdiction of any civil court to try a person subject to this Act for an offence.
2
For the purposes of this section—
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Pt. II (ss. 24-143) applied (1.6.1996) by Armed Force Act 1991 (c. 62, SIF 7:1), ss. 18(9)(b), 20(10)(b); S.I. 1996/1173, art. 2