Marginal note:Prima facie case to be made every two years
202.12 (1) Where a finding of unfit to stand trial is made by a court martial in respect of an accused person, the Chief Military Judge shall cause the Court Martial Administrator to convene a Standing Court Martial, where the accused person is an officer or a non-commissioned member, or a Special General Court Martial in any other case, to hold an inquiry and determine whether sufficient admissible evidence can be adduced at that time to put the accused person on trial
(a) not later than two years after that finding and every two years thereafter until the accused person is tried or found not guilty in respect of the offence; or
(b) at any other time that the Chief Military Judge may order, where the Chief Military Judge is satisfied on the basis of an application and any other written material submitted by the accused person that there is reason to doubt that there is a prima facie case against the accused person.
Marginal note:Where prima facie case not made
(2) Where, on the completion of an inquiry held pursuant to subsection (1) the court martial is satisfied that sufficient admissible evidence cannot be adduced to put the accused person on trial, the court martial shall find the accused person not guilty of the charge.
- 1991, c. 43, s. 18
- 1993, c. 34, s. 94(F)
- 1997, c. 18, s. 132
- 1998, c. 35, s. 50
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