Courts Martial Appeals Amendment Act 1997
Courts Martial Appeals Amendment Act 1997
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Courts Martial Appeals Amendment Act 1997
| Public Act | 1997 No 39 |
| Date of assent | 28 July 1997 |
Note
This Act is administered in the New Zealand Defence Force
Contents
An Act to amend the Courts Martial Appeals Act 1953
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Courts Martial Appeals Amendment Act 1997, and is part of the Courts Martial Appeals Act 1953 (the principal Act).
2 Constitution of Courts Martial Appeal Court
Section 3(3) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“are from time to time approved by the Minister of Finance”
, and substituting the words“may be fixed or determined by or in accordance with regulations made under this Act”
.
3 Registrar and officers of Court
Section 5(2) of the principal Act is amended by omitting the words
“Court of Appeal”
, and substituting the words“High Court at Wellington”
.
4 Powers of Court to acquit on account of insanity on appeal against conviction
Section 9F of the principal Act is amended—
(a) By omitting from subsection (2) the expression
“, 193 and 195”
, and substituting the expression“and 193”
:
(b) By omitting from subsection (3) the word
“committed”
in the 2 places it appears:
(c) By omitting from subsection (3) the expression
“Mental Health Act 1969”
, and substituting the expression“Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992”
.
6 Suspension of death sentence
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 18.
7 Regulations
This section inserted s 26A of the principal Act.
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Courts Martial Appeals Amendment Act 1997
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