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Versions of s. 165.13

N-5 — National Defence Act · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2022-06-20 to present available View Source
    If the Director of Military Prosecutions is satisfieddecides that a charge should not be proceeded with by a trial by court martial, he or she shall communicate the Directordecision ofand Militarythe Prosecutions may refer itreasons for disposalit, byin anwriting, to the officer or non-commissioned member who hasreferred jurisdictionthe charge to tryhim or her, and to the commanding officer of the accused person by summary trial.person.
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    If the Director of Military Prosecutions decides that a charge should not be proceeded with by a trial by court martial, he or she shall communicate the decision and the reasons for it, in writing, to the officer or non-commissioned member who referred the charge to him or her, and to the commanding officer of the accused person.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2022-06-20 View Source

    If the Director of Military Prosecutions is satisfied that a charge should not be proceeded with by court martial, the Director of Military Prosecutions may refer it for disposal by an officer who has jurisdiction to try the accused person by summary trial.