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Article 13

Ancillary Powers, (offences against the law the Colony

In trying offences against the law applicable

to the Colony on the 24th December 1841 (as

modified by any enactment of the British Military

Administration) a Genebal Military Court and a

Summary Military Court may in addition to the

powers of fine and imprisonment given by any

Proclamation but subject thereto, exercise any of

the powers concerning the imposition and enforce-

ment of penalties or any of the matters dealt with

in section 12 hereof conferred by the law of the

Colony upon the Supreme Court and a Magistrate

respectively.

Article 14

Decisions of General Military Courts.

-The decision of a General Military Court

shall be in accordance with the opinion of the

majority of the members composing the court;

provided that sentence of death shall not be

passed on the decision of a majority unless such

majority included the person presiding over the

court.

Article 15

If in any

Reference with a view to transfer &c.

proceedings before any Summary Military Couttit

appears to the court, at any stage before finding

that for any reason the case is one which should

in the opinion of the court be tried by any other

court, the trial court may adjourn the proceedings

and transmit the record to the Deputy Director who

may thereupon. -

(a) direct that the trial shall proceed

before the transmitting court; or

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