§ 56A.—(1) Where, before the commencement of the trial, it appears to the court administration officer necessary or expedient in the interests of the administration of justice that a court-martial be dissolved, he may by order dissolve the court-martial.
§ (2) Where, after the commencement of the trial, it appears to the judge advocate necessary or expedient in the interests of the administration of justice that a court-martial be dissolved, he may by order dissolve the court-martial.
§ (3) If after the commencement of the trial the president dies or is otherwise unable to attend, the court-martial shall be dissolved.
431§ (4) Where a court-martial is dissolved the accused may be tried by another court."
§ 56.—(1) Section 57 (quorum) shall be amended as follows.
§ (2) Subsections (1) and (3) shall cease to have effect. (3) In subsection (2)—
- (a) for the word "members" in both places it appears there shall be substituted the word "officers"; and
- (b) after the word "that" there shall be inserted the words "an officer appointed".
§ 57. For section 58 there shall be substituted the following section—