Versions of s. 203.8(1)

N-5 — National Defence Act · 2 versions · View current text

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

2022-06-20 to present available View Source

If an accused person pleads guilty to or is found guilty of an ~~offence —~~offence, other than an offence for which a minimum punishment is prescribed by law or an offence punishable by imprisonment for 14 years or for ~~life —~~life, the ~~service~~court ~~tribunal~~martial before which the accused appears may, if it considers it to be in the accused person’s best interests and not contrary to the public interest, instead of convicting the accused person, direct that they be discharged absolutely.

Full text

If an accused person pleads guilty to or is found guilty of an offence, other than an offence for which a minimum punishment is prescribed by law or an offence punishable by imprisonment for 14 years or for life, the court martial before which the accused appears may, if it considers it to be in the accused person’s best interests and not contrary to the public interest, instead of convicting the accused person, direct that they be discharged absolutely.
2018-09-01 to 2022-06-20 View Source

If an accused person pleads guilty to or is found guilty of an offence — other than an offence for which a minimum punishment is prescribed by law or an offence punishable by imprisonment for 14 years or for life — the service tribunal before which the accused appears may, if it considers it to be in the accused person’s best interests and not contrary to the public interest, instead of convicting the accused person, direct that they be discharged absolutely.