Act Number: 46

Act Name: The Army Act, 1950

Year: 1950

Enactment Date: 1950-05-20

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Government of the regular Army.

Ministry: Ministry of Defence

Department: Department of Military Affairs

Section 30: Immunity of persons attending courts-martial from arrest.
    (1) No presiding officer or member of a court-martial, no judge advocate, no party to any proceeding before a court-martial, or his legal practitioner or agent, and no witness acting in obedience to a summons to attend a court-martial shall, while proceeding to, attending or returning from, a court-martial, be liable to arrest under civil or revenue process.
     (2) If any such person is arrested under any such process, he may be discharged by order of the courtmartial.
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