Lawgist134Summoning witnesse
(1) The convening officer, the presiding officer of a court-martial the Judge advocate or the commanding officer of the accused person, may, by summons under his hand, require the attendance at a time and place to be mentioned in the summons, of any person either to give evidence or to produce any document or other thing.
(2) In the case of a witness amenable to air force authority, the summons shall be sent to his commanding officer and such officer shall serve it upon him accordingly.
(3) In the case of any other witness, the summons shall be sent to the magistrate within whose jurisdiction he may be or reside, and such magistrate shall give effect to the summons as if the witness were required in the court of such magistrate.
(4) When a witness is required to produce any particular document or other thing in his possession or power, the summons shall describe it with reasonable precision.
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- 127 Presiding Officer
- 128 Judge Advocate
- 129 Challenge
- 130 Oaths of member, Judge advocate and witness
- 131 Voting by member
- 132 General rule as to evidence
- 133 Judicial notice
- 134 Summoning witnesse
- 135 Documents exempted from production
- 136 Commissions for examination of witnesses
- 137 Examination of a witness on commission
- 138 Conviction of offence not charged
- 139 Presumption as to signatures
- 140 Enrolment paper
- 141 Presumption as to certain documents
- 142 Reference by accused to Government officer
- 143 Evidence of previous convictions and general characte
- 144 Lunacy of accuse
- 145 Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
- 146 Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 145
- 147 Release of lunatic accused
- 148 Delivery of lunatic accused to relative
- 149 Order for custody and disposal of property pending tria
- 150 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committe
- 151 Powers of courts-martial when certain offences are committed by persons not subject to this Act
