209 Offenders under 18 convicted of certain serious offences: power to detain [detention] for specified period
Armed Forces Act 2006 (2006 c 52) | Legislation

Detention for certain serious offences

209  Offenders under 18 convicted of certain serious offences: power to detain [detention] for specified period

(1)     Subsection (5) (power to pass sentence of detention) applies where—

(a)     a person aged under 18 is convicted by the Court Martial of an offence under section 42 (criminal conduct); and

(b)     the case is within any of subsections (2) to (4).

(2)     The case is within this subsection if the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is under that law—

(a)     an offence punishable in the case of an offender aged [21] [18] or over with imprisonment for 14 years or more; and

(b)     not an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law;

[and

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