Malaysia legislation

Section 114

of *ARMED FORCES ACT 1972

Section 114

(2)

An accused charged before a court-martial with any offence may be found guilty of attempting to commit that offence.

(3)

An accused charged before a court-martial with attempting to commit an offence may be convicted on that charge notwithstanding that it is proved that he actually committed the offence.

(4)

Where an accused is charged before a court-martial under section 88 in respect of attempting to commit a civil offence, he may be convicted on that charge notwithstanding that it is proved that he actually committed the civil offence.

(5)

Where an accused is charged before a court-martial with an offence against section 88, and the corresponding civil offence is one in proceedings for which, if he had been tried by a civil court for committing the offence in Malaysia, he might have been found guilty of another civil offence, then if the court-martial finds that he has committed that other civil offence he may be convicted of an offence against section 88 in respect of the commission of that other civil offence.

(6)

An accused charged before a court-martial with an offence specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to this Act may be found guilty of an offence specified in relation thereto in the second column of the said Schedule.

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