No. 19/1983:

COURTS-MARTIAL APPEALS ACT, 1983

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Section

1. Short title.

2. Commencement of Part III.

3. Definitions.

4. Expenses.

5. Amendment of section 202 of Act of 1954.

6. Amendment of section 203 of Act of 1954.

7. Amendment of section 215 of Act of 1954.

8. Restriction of section 224 of Act of 1954.

PART II

COURTS-MARTIAL APPEAL COURT

9. Establishment and constitution of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court.

10. Court to be a superior court of record, etc.

11. Registrar of the Court.

12. Sittings and procedure of the Court.

13. Right of appeal to the Court.

14. Appeal to the Supreme Court.

15. Interlocutory applications.

16. Consequential orders of the Court.

17. Hearing of appeal by the Court.

18. Jurisdiction of the Court.

19. Finding of guilty but insane.

20. Convictions and sentences of the Court, etc.

21. Postponement of execution of sentence of death.

22. Defence of appeal.

23. Rules of court.

24. Application of Part II

PART III

LEGAL AID

25. Definitions for Part III.

26. Legal aid (preliminary proceedings) certificate.

27. Legal aid (court-martial) certificate.

28. Legal aid (Courts-Martial Appeal Court) certificate.

29. Legal aid (Supreme Court) certificate.

30. Payment of expenses of legal aid.

31. Restriction of section 18.

32. Statement as to means.

33. Regulations.

34. Penalty for false or misleading statements.

ACTS REFERRED TO

Number 19 of 1983

COURTS-MARTIAL APPEALS ACT, 1983

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A COURTS-MARTIAL APPEAL COURT, TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE GRANT BY THE STATE OF FREE LEGAL AID IN CERTAIN COURTS-MARTIAL CASES AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH.

[29th June, 1983]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: