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Versions of s. 180(2)

N-5 — National Defence Act · 3 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2022-06-20 to present available View Source
    A military judge or, if a court martial orhas been convened, the military judge,judge asassigned to preside at the casecourt maymartial be,may, mayon application of the prosecutor or a witness or on the military judge’s own motion, order that the public be excluded during the whole or any part of the proceedings or order that the witness testify behind a screen or other device that would allow the witness not to be seen by members of the public, if the court martial or military judge considers that it is necessary in the interests of public safety, public morals, the maintenance of order or the proper administration of military justice, or to prevent injury to international relations, national defence or national security.
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    A military judge or, if a court martial has been convened, the military judge assigned to preside at the court martial may, on application of the prosecutor or a witness or on the military judge’s own motion, order that the public be excluded during the whole or any part of the proceedings or order that the witness testify behind a screen or other device that would allow the witness not to be seen by members of the public, if the military judge considers that it is necessary in the interests of public safety, public morals, the maintenance of order or the proper administration of military justice, or to prevent injury to international relations, national defence or national security.

  2. 2018-09-01 to 2022-06-20 View Source
    A court martial or military judge, as the case may be, may order that the public be excluded during the whole or any part of itsthe proceedings if the court martial or military judge considers that it is necessary
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    A court martial or military judge, as the case may be, may order that the public be excluded during the whole or any part of the proceedings if the court martial or military judge considers that it is necessary

  3. 2003-01-01 to 2018-09-01 View Source

    A court martial may order that the public be excluded during the whole or any part of its proceedings if the court martial considers that it is necessary