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Visiting Forces Act 1952 (-)
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This document is for private study purposes only. It is likely not to reflect the law as it stands today. It may be incomplete, and some provisions are likely to have been repealed or amended, and new ones inserted.
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(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a person charged with an offence against the United Kingdom law shall not be liable to be tried for that offence by a United Kingdom Court if at the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed he was a member of a visiting force or a member of a civilian component of such a force and--
(a) the alleged offence, if committed by him, arose out of and in the course of his duty as a member of that force or component, as the case may be.
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(4) Where a person is charged with an offence against United Kingdom law and at the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed he was a member of a visiting force or a member of a civilian component of such a force, a certificate issued by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of the sending country, stating that the alleged offence, if committed by him, arose out of and in the course of his duty as a member of that force or component, as the case may be, shall in any such proceedings as aforesaid be sufficient evidence of that fact unless the contrary is proved.
