district court-martial

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A district court-martial is a mid-level military court in the armed forces that tries service personnel for a range of offences under military law, with powers and procedures defined by statutes such as the Army Act, 1950.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
district court-martial canonical 1
district courts-martial 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military court ⓘ
aimsTo administer justice within the armed forces ⓘ
appliesStandardOfProof beyond reasonable doubt ⓘ
appliesTo service personnel ⓘ
canImpose dismissal from service within statutory limits ⓘ
forfeiture of pay and allowances within statutory limits ⓘ
imprisonment within statutory limits ⓘ
composition presiding officer and other military officers as members ⓘ
convenesBy competent military authority ⓘ
distinguishedFrom general court-martial ⓘ
summary court-martial ⓘ
ensures discipline in the armed forces ⓘ
governedBy military law ⓘ
rules made under the Army Act, 1950 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver enlisted personnel ⓘ
junior commissioned officers ⓘ
hasPower award punishments authorized by military law ⓘ
try service personnel for offences ⓘ
hasProcedure procedures defined by statute ⓘ
summary of evidence before trial ⓘ
hears certain criminal offences under service law ⓘ
disciplinary offences ⓘ
jurisdiction offences under military law ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel mid-level ⓘ
languageOfProceedings language prescribed by service regulations ⓘ
legalBasis Army Act, 1950 ⓘ
military statutes ⓘ
mayBeConvenedIn field conditions ⓘ
peace stations ⓘ
mayInclude judge advocate as legal adviser ⓘ
objective balance discipline with fairness to the accused ⓘ
operatesUnder command structure of the armed forces ⓘ
partOf armed forces judicial structure ⓘ
military justice system ⓘ
provides opportunity to present defence ⓘ
right of the accused to be heard ⓘ
records findings on each charge ⓘ
sentence awarded ⓘ
requires formal charge sheet ⓘ
record of proceedings ⓘ
subjectTo appeal or petition under military law ⓘ
confirmation of findings and sentence ⓘ
constitutional and statutory safeguards where applicable ⓘ
review by higher military authorities ⓘ
set-aside or mitigation by reviewing authority ⓘ
uses rules of evidence adapted to military context ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army Act, 1950 → providesFor → district court-martial ⓘ
Pakistan Army Act → providesFor → district courts-martial ⓘ
linked to: district court-martial