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Court Martial Act 2007

Miscellaneous and administrative provisions - Miscellaneous provisions - Miscellaneous

67: Court must take judicial notice of certain matters

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"The Court Must Know Some Things Automatically"

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The Court Martial must know some things without being told. You need to understand that this includes things that are commonly known. The Court Martial must also know things that the High Court would normally know. The Court Martial can also know things that court members would normally know about. This is because court members have special knowledge about the services. The Court Martial can use this knowledge to make decisions.

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Miscellaneous provisions: Miscellaneous

67Court must take judicial notice of certain matters

  1. The Court Martial must take judicial notice of—

  2. all matters of common knowledge; and
    1. all other matters of which judicial notice would be taken by the High Court.

      1. The Court Martial may also take judicial notice of matters that may fairly be regarded as being within the general service knowledge of members of the court.