Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 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
Any person subject to air-force law who attempts to commit an offence against any of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act [F1or against section 69 below] shall, on conviction by court-martial, be liable to the like punishment as for that offence:
Provided that if the offence is one punishable by death, he shall not be liable to any greater punishment than imprisonment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Armed Forces Act 1971 (c. 33), ss. 32(1), 78(4)
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F2Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2