Naval Discipline Act 1957

70 Review by Admiralty of finding and sentence

(1) Any finding of guilty under this Part of this Act, and any sentence awarded in respect of such a finding, may be reviewed by the Admiralty at any time, and in the case of trial by court-martial shall be so reviewed as soon as practicable after the Admiralty have received the record of the proceedings.

(2) Without prejudice to the foregoing subsection, a person convicted under this Part of this Act by a court-martial may at any time present a petition to the Admiralty against the finding or sentence or both; and in any such case the Admiralty shall, as soon as practicable after the presentation of the petition and after consideration of the matters alleged therein, review the finding or sentence or both, as the case may be.

(3) If an application for leave to appeal against a conviction by court-martial under this Part of this Act is received by the registrar of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court, or if the said registrar receives particulars of such an application furnished in pursuance of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section four of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act, 1951, so much of subsections (1) and (2) of this section as requires the Admiralty to review the finding of a court-martial shall cease to have effect in relation to that conviction.