LawgistThe Army Act
131Oaths of member, judge advocate and witness
(1) An oath or affirmation in the prescribed manner shall be administered to every member of every court-martial and to the judge advocate before the commencement of the trial.
(2) Every person giving evidence before a court-martial shall be examined after being duly sworn or affirmed in the prescribed form.
(3) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall not apply where the witness is a child under twelve years of age and the court-martial is of opinion that though the witness understands the duty of speaking the truth, he does not understand the nature of an oath or affirmation.
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PROCEDURE OF COURTS-MARTIAL
- 128 Presiding officer
- 129 Judge advocate
- 130 Challenges
- 131 Oaths of member, judge advocate and witness
- 132 Voting by members
- 133 General rule as to evidence
- 134 Judicial notice
- 135 Summoning witnesses
- 136 Documents exempted from production
- 137 Commissions for examination of witnesses
- 138 Examination of a witness on commission
- 139 Conviction of offence not charged
- 140 Presumption as to signatures
- 141 Enrolment paper
- 142 Presumption as to certain documents
- 143 Reference by accused to Government officer
- 144 Evidence of previous convictions and general character
- 145 Lunacy of accused
- 146 Subsequent fitness of lunatic accused for trial
- 147 Transmission to Central Government of orders under section 146
- 148 Release of lunatic accused
- 149 Delivery of lunatic accused to relatives
- 150 Order for custody and disposal of property pending trial
- 151 Order for disposal of property regarding which offence is committed
- 152 Powers of court-martial in relation to proceedings under this Act
