Criminal Law (Rape) Act, 1981

Trials by court-martial.

9.—(1) This Act applies to the trial of a rape offence by court-martial with the necessary modifications.

(2) In particular—

(a) for the references to a judge in section 7 (2) or section 8 (3) and for the references to a justice of the District Court in section 8 (2) there shall be substituted references to the convening authority, and

(b) for references in section 3 and for other references in section 7 or 8 to a judge there shall be substituted references to the court-martial.