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Supplement to Official Gazette Extraordinary

ARMED FORCES (DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS) (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) D~cru:~ 1979 Decree No. 97 THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT hereby decrees as follows: 1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law, the Council of each force of the Armed Forces of the Federation (hereinafter in this Decree referred to as "the Council") may institute, and where instituted may continue disciplinary proceedings against any person subject to military law (herein after referred to as an "officer") whether or not {a) criminal proceedings have been instituted with respect to such a person in any court of law in N…