In Canada, courts martial are presided over by independent military judges from the office of the Chief Military Judge. They have the jurisdiction to try military personnel, and those civilian personnel that accompany military personnel abroad, for crimes that contravene the Code of Service Discipline and the National Defence Act; which incorporates many of the offences under the Criminal Code and related statutes.
The CMAC was established in 1959 by Parliament under the National Defence Act, to replace the Court Martial Appeal Board. Due to the court's small caseload, justices of the CMAC are cross-appointed from justices of provincial superior courts and the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal.[1] Appeals from the CMAC lie with the Supreme Court of Canada. Appeals require leave from the Supreme Court, unless a justice of the CMAC dissents on a question of law, in which case there is an appeal as of right to the Supreme Court.[2]
court, martial, appeal, court, canada, cmac, french, cour, appel, cour, martiale, canada, hears, appeals, from, courts, martial, canada, courts, martial, coat, arms, court, martial, appeal, courtestablished1959locationthomas, arcy, mcgee, building, ottawa, ont. The Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada CMAC French Cour d appel de la cour martiale du Canada hears appeals from Courts martial of Canada courts martial Court Martial Appeal Court of CanadaCoat of Arms of the Court Martial Appeal CourtEstablished1959LocationThomas D Arcy McGee Building Ottawa OntarioComposition methodMilitary CourtAuthorized byConstitution Act 1867 s 101 National Defence ActAppeals toSupreme Court of CanadaAppeals fromCourts martial of CanadaNumber of positions58WebsiteCMAC HomepageChief JusticeCurrentlyRichard BellSince6 February 2015In Canada courts martial are presided over by independent military judges from the office of the Chief Military Judge They have the jurisdiction to try military personnel and those civilian personnel that accompany military personnel abroad for crimes that contravene the Code of Service Discipline and the National Defence Act which incorporates many of the offences under the Criminal Code and related statutes The CMAC was established in 1959 by Parliament under the National Defence Act to replace the Court Martial Appeal Board Due to the court s small caseload justices of the CMAC are cross appointed from justices of provincial superior courts and the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal 1 Appeals from the CMAC lie with the Supreme Court of Canada Appeals require leave from the Supreme Court unless a justice of the CMAC dissents on a question of law in which case there is an appeal as of right to the Supreme Court 2 See also EditUnited States Court of Appeals for the Armed ForcesReferences Edit National Defence Act Archived November 30 2009 at the Wayback Machine R S C 1985 c N 4 s 234 National Defence Act Archived November 30 2009 at the Wayback Machine s 245 External links EditOfficial site Office of the Chief Military Judge This Canadian military article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about Canadian law is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada amp oldid 1106080014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
