LawgistThe Air Force Act
131Voting by member
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), every decision of a court-martial shall be passed by an absolute majority of votes; and where there is an equality of votes on either the finding or the sentence, the decision shall be in favour of the accused.
(2) No sentence of death shall be passed by a general court-martial without the concurrence of at least two-thirds of the members of the court.
(3) No sentence of death shall be passed by a summary general court-martial without the concurrence of all the members.
(4) In matters other than a challenge or the finding or sentence, the presiding officer shall have a casting vote.
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PROCEDURE OF COURTS-MATRIAL
- 127 Presiding Officer
- 128 Judge Advocate
- 129 Challenge
- 130 Oaths of member, Judge advocate and witness
- 131 Voting by member
- 132 General rule as to evidence
- 133 Judicial notice
- 134 Summoning witnesse
- 135 Documents exempted from production
- 136 Commissions for examination of witnesses
- 137 Examination of a witness on commission
- 138 Conviction of offence not charged
- 139 Presumption as to signatures
- 140 Enrolment paper
- 141 Presumption as to certain documents
- 142 Reference by accused to Government officer
- 143 Evidence of previous convictions and general characte
- 144 Lunacy of accuse
- 145 Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
- 146 Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 145
- 147 Release of lunatic accused
- 148 Delivery of lunatic accused to relative
- 149 Order for custody and disposal of property pending tria
- 150 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committe
- 151 Powers of courts-martial when certain offences are committed by persons not subject to this Act
