The Armed Forces (Appeals Against Review of Sentence) Regulations 2024

Duties of registrar with respect to appeals etc.

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40.—(1) The registrar is to take all necessary steps for obtaining the determination of an appeal or application under these Regulations and must obtain and lay before the Appeal Court in proper form all documents, exhibits and other things relating to the proceedings in the Court Martial which appear necessary for the proper determination of the appeal or application.

(2) The registrar must furnish the necessary forms and instructions relating to an application for leave to appeal under these Regulations to any person who demands them, to persons in charge of places where persons sentenced by the Court Martial may lawfully be confined for the purposes of serving their sentences and to such other persons as the registrar thinks fit.

(3) Every person in charge of such place as is referred to in paragraph (2) above is to ensure the mentioned forms and instructions are placed at the disposal of persons confined in that place who wish to apply for leave to appeal to the Appeal Court or from the Appeal Court to the Supreme Court.