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Section 182

Proof of outcome of civil trial

of Armed Forces Act 1972

ActIn forceProvision 197 of 237
Section 182
(1)

Where a person subject to service law under this Act has been tried before a civil court (whether at the time of the trial he was so subject or not), a certificate signed by the registrar of the civil court and stating all or any of the following matters:

(a)

that the said person has been tried before the court for an offence specified in the certificate;

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(b)

the result of the trial;

(c)

what judgment or order was given or made by the court;

(d)

that other offences specified in the certificate were taken into consideration at the trial, shall for the purposes of this Act be evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

(2)

The registrar of the civil court shall if required by the commanding officer of the person in question or any other officer furnish a certificate under this section.

(3)

A document purporting to be a certificate under this section and to be signed by the registrar of the civil court shall, unless the contrary is shown, be deemed to be such a certificate.