Commentary First Group of Parts – Discipline Part 2 – Jurisdiction and Time Limits Section 63: Service proceedings barring subsequent service proceedings
153.This section bars the trial or hearing of a charge of a service offence if the accused has previously been convicted or acquitted of the offence charged, or has had it taken into consideration when being sentenced for another offence. The section also applies where the two offences are not identical but are related in one of the ways specified in subsection (3).