(1)Subject to the provisions of . . . F1 the next following section, a person who has ceased to be subject to this Act may be tried under this Part of this Act for any offence committed while subject to this Act, and may for that purpose be arrested and kept in custody, as if he had not ceased to be subject thereto.
(2) . . . F2
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55), Sch. 5 Pt. II
F2S. 51(2) repealed by Armed Forces Act 1981 (c. 55), Sch. 5 Pt. II
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F3Act repealed (prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 17 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual provisions