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Dissolution of courts-martial.
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193.—(1) If a court-martial after the commencement of the trial is, by death or otherwise, reduced below the legal minimum, it shall be dissolved.
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(2) Where after the commencement of the trial the president of a court-martial dies or is otherwise unable to attend and the court is not reduced below the legal minimum, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
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(a) in case the senior member of the court-martial is qualified to be appointed president of the court-martial, the convening authority may appoint such senior member to be president of the court-martial, and the trial may proceed accordingly;
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(b) in case such senior member is not qualified to be appointed president of the court-martial or, being qualified, is not so appointed, the court-martial shall be dissolved.
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(3) If, on account of the illness of the accused at any time before the finding, it is impossible to continue the trial, a court-martial shall be dissolved.
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(4) Where a court-martial is dissolved under this section, the accused may be tried again.
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(5) In this section, the expression “the legal minimum” means—
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(a) in relation to a general court-martial, five members (including the president),
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(b) in relation to a limited court-martial, three members (including the president).
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