Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (Continuance and Amendment) Act, 1924

Non-compliance with sections 84, 85, 86, 86A, or 87 of the Principal Act not to oust the jurisdiction of a court martial.

29.—The following section shall be inserted in the Principal Act after section 87 thereof:—

“87A.—Where a person subject to military law has been remanded for trial by court martial by an officer having power so to remand him, and a court martial has been convened for the trial of such person, the jurisdiction of a court martial to try such person shall not be ousted by reason only of the non-compliance with sections 84, 85, 86, 86A, or 87 of this Act or any of those sections, but nothing herein contained shall remove the responsibility of an officer for contravention of any of the provisions of any of the said sections.”