All references are to the latter statute.
The National Defence Act is the legal basis for the formation of the Canadian system of military justice. It is an act Parliament passed under the powers reserved to the federal government to provide for national defence. This Code sets out the jurisdiction of the Canadian Forces, the service offences and punishments, provides for arrest and pre-trial custody of service members, sets out the military tribunals empowered to hear cases under the Code, and establishes a Court Martial Appeal Court composed of civilian judges. Members of the Canadian Forces are subject to the Code of Service Discipline and are also subject to all other laws of Canada. That group was headed by the Right Honourable Brian Dickson, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.