Section 100
Courts-martial to be public.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Government of the Indian Navy.
The place in which a court-martial is held for the purpose of
trying an offence under this Act shall be deemed to be an open court to which the public generally may
have access, so far as the same can conveniently contain them:
Provided that, if the court is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest or for the ends of justice so to do, the court may at any stage of the trial of any particular case order that the public generally or any portion thereof or any particular person shall not have access to, or be or remain in, the place in which the court is held.
Provided that, if the court is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest or for the ends of justice so to do, the court may at any stage of the trial of any particular case order that the public generally or any portion thereof or any particular person shall not have access to, or be or remain in, the place in which the court is held.