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(1)Without prejudice to section 64A above, section 9 of the M1Criminal Justice Act 1967 (proof by written statement) shall apply subject to subsection (2) below and to service modifications, for the purposes of proceedings before courts-martial (whether held in the United Kingdom or not) as it applies to proceedings on indictment.
(2)The statements rendered admissible by this section are statements made—
(a)in the United Kingdom by any person, and
(b)outside the United Kingdom by any person who at the time of making the statement was—
(i)a person subject to service law, or
(ii)a person to whom Parts I and II of this Act are applied by section 117 or section 118 of this Act, or to whom Part II of the M2Army Act 1955 or Part II of the M3Air Force Act 1955 is applied by section 208A or section 209 of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 respectively,
and the persons mentioned in this paragraph include persons to whom section 119 of this Act, section 131 of the Army Act 1955 or section 131 of the Air Force Act 1955 apply.
(3)In subsection (1) above “service modifications” means—
(a)modifications made by any regulations under section 12 of the M4Criminal Justice Act 1967 in force on the coming into force of this section, and
(b)such modifications in the said section 9, as applied by subsection (1) above, as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument prescribe thereafter, being modifications which appear to him to be necessary or proper for the purpose of the operation of that section in relation to proceedings before a court-martial.
(4)Regulations under subsection (3)(b) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)Section 89 of the said Act of 1967 (punishment of making false statements tendered under section 9) shall apply to any statement rendered admissible by this section.
Editorial Information
X1The insertion of the new crossheading "Findings of unfitness to stand trial and insanity" into Pt. II on 31.3.2005 gives rise to a change in the structure of this piece of legislation on SLD which breaks the continuity of historical versions of the existing provisions which are now brought under that new crossheading.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 64A-64D inserted (1.4.1997 with savings) by 1996 c. 46, s. 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 63; S.I. 1997/304, art. 2 (with art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 64B(1)(2)(5) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2000/2370, rule. 27(b)
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Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F2Act 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
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