§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British citizens have been(a) detained, (b) arrested, (c) charged, (d) acquitted and (e) prosecuted by those acting under the Visiting Forces Act 1951 in each year since 1966 to date. [34310]
§ Mr. Soames[holding answer 25 June 1996]:The service courts and service authorities of a country to which section 2 of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies may exercise over persons subject to their jurisdiction all the powers conferred on them by the law of that country. Citizens of the United Kingdom can be prosecuted or tried under this provision only if they are members of a force of the country concerned. My Department is not aware of any such cases.