Currently, a commanding officer has the authority to dismiss, at the outset, any charge under the Code of Service Discipline. This includes not only all offences of a military nature, but also all civilian offences incorporated by reference into the Code of Serv
ice Discipline (see sections 130 and 70 of the Act), regardless of whether or not the commanding officer would have the authority to try the accused on the charge (36) Pursuant to section 66(1) of the Act, the effect of a decision by a commanding officer to dismiss a charge is that no other authority –military or civil – can
thereafter proceed ...[+++]against the accused on the charge or any substantially similar offence arising out of the same facts (37)
Actuellement, le commandant a le pouvoir de rendre dès le départ un non-lieu pour toute infraction au code de discipline militaire, ce qui inclut non seulement toutes les infractions à caractère militaire, mais également toutes les infractions de nature civile incluses par voie de référence dans le code de discipline militaire (voir les articles 130 et 70 de la Loi), que le commandant ait ou non le pouvoir de juger l'accusé pour ces infractions présumées .