Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Other provisions relating to proceedings generally - Power to summon witnesses

150C: Power to summon witnesses

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"Being called to a meeting to answer questions or bring papers for a court case"

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You can be asked to go to a meeting to answer questions or bring some papers. The people who can ask you to do this are a disciplinary officer or a Judge. They can ask you to attend a meeting, give evidence, or bring papers that are relevant to the case. You will get a special paper called a summons that tells you what to do. This paper must be in a special format and can be sent to you by a disciplinary officer, Judge, or someone else involved in the case. The summons can be sent on its own or because someone asked for it. A disciplinary officer is someone who helps make decisions about behaviour in the armed forces. The Judge or Registrar of the Summary Appeal Court are people who help make decisions about appeals in court cases.

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Part 7Other provisions relating to proceedings generally
Power to summon witnesses

150CPower to summon witnesses

  1. The persons referred to in subsection (2) may issue a summons requiring any person to—

  2. attend at the time and place specified in the summons; and
    1. give evidence; and
      1. produce any papers, documents, records, or things in that person’s possession or under that person’s control that are relevant to the subject of the relevant proceedings.
        1. The persons are—

        2. a disciplinary officer (for the purposes of any proceedings before the disciplinary officer):
          1. the Judge or the Registrar of the Summary Appeal Court (for the purposes of any proceedings in the Summary Appeal Court).
            1. A summons—

            2. must be in the prescribed form; and
              1. may be issued—
                1. on the initiative of the disciplinary officer, Judge, or Registrar of the Summary Appeal Court; or
                  1. on the application of the presenting officer, the Director of Military Prosecutions, the accused, or the appellant.
                  Notes
                  • Section 150C: inserted, on , by section 43 of the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act (No 2) 2007 (2007 No 98).