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Conditions to be satisfied for a General Court-Martial to try an offence

Effect of a charge sheet signed by a person other than the accused person's commanding officer

Effect of a confirmation of a verdict during the pendency of the motion for leave to appeal against the decision of the court-martial

Effect of confirmation of the sentence of an accused person on the same day on which he was convicted

Effect of failure of a Court-Martial to sign and date it's judgment at the time of pronouncing the verdict

Effect of improper constitution of a Court Martial

Effect of improper constitution of a General Court-Martial

Effect of the constitution of a Court Martial with officers below the rank of the accused person

Grounds upon which the jurisdiction of a General Court-Martial can be challenged

Nature of the trial before a court-martial

Position of the law on appeals from the decision of a Court-Martial

The legally recognised sentence of a court-martial

The punishments that a court-martial may impose on an officer

The rationale for dissolving a Court Martial

The rule that a Court Martial must observe the principles of fair hearing

The rule that the General Court Martial must observe the rules of natural justice relating to fair hearing

What a person contending that the judgment of a Court Martial was not signed on the day it was delivered must prove

Whether a Brigadier General can convene a Court Martial

Whether a charge sheet at a Court-Martial can be signed by a person other than the Commanding Officer

Whether a Commanding Officer who convenes a Court Martial can be regarded as a judge in his own cause

Whether a Court Martial can put questions to witnesses

Whether a Court Martial can rely on a foreign judgment

Whether a Court Martial has a compelling duty to be detailed in its judgment

Whether a Court Martial is expected to comply strictly with rules of procedure

Whether a court-martial can be equated to a jury

Whether a court-martial can review a sentence and substitute it with a heavier sentence

Whether a Court-Martial can try a person who is no longer subject to service law

Whether a court-martial is bound by the rules of evidence

Whether a court-martial is required by law to be details in writing its judgment

Whether a court-martial is unduly constituted where no waiting member was present

Whether a court-martial must give reasons for its decision

Whether a General Court-Martial can be convened by a Brigadier-General

Whether a medical doctor subject to service law can be tried by a court martial

Whether an appropriate superior authority can authorise a senior officer to convene a Court Martial

Whether an assignment of counsel to an accused person amounts to an imposition of counsel by the General Court-Martial

Whether being a pilot is one of the requirements for membership of a Court Martial

Whether non-investigation of the report by the appellant’s commanding officer of the offences before his trial by the General Court-Martial affects the jurisdiction of the General Court-Martial

Whether the Chief Air Staff can legally delegate the power vested in him to convene a General Court Martial

Whether the Chief of Army Staff can convene a Court Martial to try a member of the Nigerian Navy

Whether the convener of a Court Martial is a complainant or a judge in his own cause

Whether the Court Martial Appeal Court is a superior court

Whether the General court martial is like the jury while the Judge advocate deals with the issues of law

Whether the jurisdiction of the General Court Martial is unlimited

Whether the members of a court-martial must swear an oath in respect of every trial of any case on each day

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