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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Miscellaneous provisions - Courts of inquiry

200H: Sittings of court of inquiry

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"When and where a court of inquiry meets"

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You go to a court of inquiry at the times and places the president chooses. The president can also stop the court for a while, which is called an adjournment. The person who put the court together can tell it to meet again at any time for a specific reason.

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Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Courts of inquiry

200HSittings of court of inquiry

  1. A court of inquiry must sit at the times and in the places that the president appoints.

  2. The president may adjourn the court.

  3. Despite subsections (1) and (2), the assembling authority may, at any time, direct the court to reassemble for any purpose that the assembling authority may specify.

Notes
  • Section 200H: inserted, on , by section 68 of the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act (No 2) 2007 (2007 No 98).