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National Defence Act

Version of section 164.2 from 2003-01-01 to 2022-06-19:


Marginal note:Duty to refer

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (2), an officer to whom a charge is referred under paragraph 163.1(1)(b), subsection 163.1(3), paragraph 164.1(1)(b) or subsection 164.1(3) shall forward it to the Director of Military Prosecutions, with any recommendations regarding its disposal that the officer considers appropriate.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) Where the charge was referred by a commanding officer or superior commander, the officer to whom the charge was referred may direct the commanding officer or superior commander to try the accused by summary trial if

    • (a) the charge was referred because the commanding officer or superior commander did not consider his or her powers of punishment to be adequate to try the accused person by summary trial; and

    • (b) the officer is of the opinion that the commanding officer or superior commander has adequate powers of punishment to try the accused by summary trial.

  • 1998, c. 35, s. 42

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