LawgistThe Air Force Act
126Successive trials by a criminal, court and a court-martial
(1) A person convicted or acquitted by a court-martial may, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, be tried again by a criminal court for the same offence, or on the same facts.
(2) If a person sentenced by a court-martial under this Act or punished under section 82 or section 86 is afterwards tried and convicted by a criminal court for the same offence or on the same facts, that court shall in awarding punishment have regard to the punishment he may already have undergone for the said offence.
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COURTS-MARTIAL
- 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
