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Naval Discipline Act 1957

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66Record of proceedings of courts-martial

(1)As soon as practicable after the conclusion of a court-martial, the judge advocate or the clerk of the court shall transmit to the Commander-in-Chief or senior naval officer the record of the proceedings ; and the Commander-in-Chief or senior naval officer shall transmit it to the Admiralty.

(2)Subject to the provisions of this section, a person who has been charged before a court-martial shall be entitled, on application made to the Admiralty within five years after the conclusion of the proceedings before the court-martial, to receive a copy of the record of the proceedings, subject to payment of such fee (if any), not exceeding the cost of making the copy, as may be required by the Admiralty.

(3)Where a person charged as aforesaid dies within the period of five years mentioned in subsection (2) of this section, his personal representatives, or any person who in the opinion of the Admiralty ought to be treated for the purposes of this subsection as his personal representative, shall, on application made to the Admiralty within one year after his death, have the like right to receive a copy of the record as that person would have had on application made under that subsection.

(4)If, on application made in pursuance of this section for a copy of the record of any proceedings, the Admiralty certify that it is necessary for reasons "of security that the proceedings or any part thereof should not be disclosed, the applicant shall not be entitled to a copy of the proceedings or part to which the certificate relates.

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