Section 104
Convening Authorities
Court-martial may be convened by any qualified officer so authorized by His Majesty by Warrant or by any officer under the command of an officer authorized as aforesaid to whom the last-mentioned officer has, in the exercise of a power conferred by the
Warrant issued to him, delegated his power to convene courts-martial.
(2)
In this section the expression “qualified officer” means—
(a)
the Chief of the Armed Forces Staff;
(b)
the Chief of the Army;
(c)
the Chief of the Navy;
(d)
the Chief of the Air Force;
(e)
any officer not below the rank of colonel or its equivalent who is in command of a body of troops or of a naval command or of a body of the air force.
(3)
Any Warrant or delegation under this section to convene courts-martial—
(a)
may be made subject to restrictions, reservations, exceptions or conditions;
(b)
may be addressed to officers by name or by designation of their offices, and may be issued or given to a named or designated officer, to a named or designated officer and to the person for the time being performing the duties of his office, to a named or designated officer and his successors in that office or to a named or designated officer and such person and successors;
(c)
may be varied or may be revoked, either wholly or in part, by a subsequent Warrant of His Majesty or, as the case
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may be, by the officer by whom it was given or his successor in office.
(4)
Any power to convene courts-martial delegated under subsection (1) shall be exercisable only for the trial of a person who at the date of the convening order is under the convening officer’s command.