Cap. 220 Art. 90Trial to be by general or district court-martial, or in certain cases by field general court- martial.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, a charge which is to be tried by court-martial shall be tried either by general court-

martial or by district court-martial.

(2) Where the officer commanding a body of the force on active service -

(a) being an officer to whom under article 85(1) a charge has been submitted for determination how it is to be dealt with; or

(b) being the accused’s commanding officer who has investigated a charge which cannot be dealt with summarily or which in his opinion ought not to be so dealt with; or

(c) being the accused’s commanding officer or the appropriate superior authority who has investigated a charge on which the accused has elected to be tried by court-martial, is of opinion that it is not possible without serious detriment to the public service that the charge should be tried by a general or a district court-martial, the officer may (whether or not he is authorised to convene general courts-martial) direct that the charge shall be tried by a field general court-martial.