Code of Service Discipline

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The Code of Service Discipline is the legal framework within Canadian military law that governs the conduct, discipline, and military justice system for members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal framework ⓘ
military justice system ⓘ
appliesTo Regular Force members ⓘ
Reserve Force members ⓘ
certain civilians accompanying the Canadian Armed Forces in specific circumstances ⓘ
members of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
non-commissioned members of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
officers of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
basedOn National Defence Act sections dealing with military justice and discipline ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
enforcedBy Canadian Armed Forces chain of command ⓘ
military police ⓘ
military prosecutors ⓘ
governs certain civilian criminal offences when committed by persons subject to the Code ⓘ
conduct of Canadian Armed Forces personnel ⓘ
discipline in the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
military justice procedures ⓘ
military offences under Canadian law ⓘ
offences such as insubordination and disobedience of lawful commands ⓘ
offences unique to military service such as absence without leave ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver service offences committed in Canada ⓘ
service offences committed on deployed operations ⓘ
service offences committed outside Canada ⓘ
includes appeal mechanisms for courts martial decisions ⓘ
courts martial ⓘ
investigative powers for military police ⓘ
powers of arrest and custody for service members ⓘ
sentencing provisions for service offences ⓘ
service offences ⓘ
summary trials (historically) and successor summary processes ⓘ
interpretedBy military judges ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis National Defence Act ⓘ
partOf Canadian Armed Forces justice system ⓘ
Canadian military law ⓘ
purpose to ensure the operational effectiveness of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
to maintain discipline, efficiency, and morale in the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
to provide a fair and effective system of military justice ⓘ
relatedTo Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Queen’s Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces ⓘ
requires legal representation rights in courts martial ⓘ
respect for procedural fairness in military justice proceedings ⓘ
scope applies in armed conflict ⓘ
applies in peacetime ⓘ
applies on operations abroad ⓘ
subjectTo oversight by the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada ⓘ
oversight by the Supreme Court of Canada in some cases ⓘ
updatedBy periodic amendments to the National Defence Act ⓘ

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National Defence Act → contains → Code of Service Discipline ⓘ
National Defence Act → governs → Code of Service Discipline ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve → isSubjectTo → Code of Service Discipline (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Code of Service Discipline
Canadian military law → governedByStatute → Code of Service Discipline ⓘ
Canadian military law → hasComponent → Code of Service Discipline ⓘ
Canadian Armed Forces justice system → governedBy → Code of Service Discipline ⓘ
Canadian Armed Forces officers → subjectTo → Code of Service Discipline ⓘ