Cap. 220 ст. 81Provision for avoiding delay after arrest.

(1) The allegations against any person subject to military law who is under arrest shall be duly investigated without unnecessary delay, and as soon as may be either proceedings shall be taken for punishing his offence or he shall be released from arrest.

(2) Wherever any person subject to military law, having been taken into military custody, remains under arrest for a longer period than eight days without a court-martial for his trial being assembled, a special report on the necessity for further delay shall be made in the prescribed manner by his commanding officer to the officer who would be responsible for convening the court-martial for the trial of the person under arrest and to the Attorney General, and a similar report shall be made to the like authorities and in the like manner every eight days until a court-martial is assembled or the offence is dealt with summarily or he is released from arrest: Provided that in the case of a person on active service compliance with this sub-article shall be excused in so far as it is not reasonably practicable having regard to the exigencies of military operations.

(3) For the purposes of article 60(1), the question whether there has been unnecessary delay in the taking of any steps for the investigation of allegations against a person under arrest shall be determined without regard to the provisions of the last foregoing sub-article.

Investigation of, and summary dealing with, charges