Lawgist121Period of limitation for trial
(1) Except as provided by sub-section (2), no trial by courtmartial of any person subject to this Act for any offence shall be commenced after the expiration of a period of three years from the date of such offence.
(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to a trial for an offence of desertion or fraudulent enrolment or for any of the offences mentioned in section 37.
(3) In the computation of the period of time mentioned in sub-section (1), any time spent by such person as a prisoner of war, or in enemy territory, or in evading arrest after the commission of the offence, shall be excluded.
(4) No trial for an offence of desertion, other than desertion on active service or of fraudulent enrolment shall be commenced if the person in question, not being an officer, has subsequently to the commission of the offence, served continuously in an exemplary manner for not less than three years with any portion of the Air Force.
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- 109 Different kinds of courts-martial
- 110 Power to convene a general court-martial
- 111 Power to convene a district court-martial
- 112 Contents of warrants issued under sections 110 and 11
- 113 Power to convene a summary general court-martial
- 114 Composition of general court-martial
- 115 Composition of district court-martial
- 116 Composition of summary general court-martial
- 117 Dissolution of court-martial
- 118 Powers of general and summary general courts-martial
- 119 Powers of district Court-martial
- 120 Prohibition of second trial
- 121 Period of limitation for trial
- 122 Liability of offender who ceases to be subject to Act
- 123 Place of tria
- 124 Choice between criminal court and court-martial
- 125 Power of criminal court to require delivery of offender
- 126 Successive trials by a criminal, court and a court-martial
