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(1)An oath shall be administered separately to each member of a court-martial, to the judge advocate, the clerk of the court and any officer in attendance for instruction in the duties of judge advocate or clerk of the court, and to any person appointed to attend for the purpose of reporting or transcribing the proceedings or as interpreter.
(2)Except as provided by subsection (3) of this section, every witness before a court-martial shall be examined on oath.
(3)Where any child of tender years called as a witness does not in the opinion of the court understand the nature of an oath, his evidence may be received, though not given upon oath, if in the opinion of the court he is possessed of sufficient intelligence to justify the reception of the evidence and understands the duty of speaking the truth:
Provided that where the evidence is given on behalf of the prosecution the accused shall not be liable to be convicted unless it is corroborated by some other material evidence in support thereof implicating the accused.
(4)A person shall be permitted to make a solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath under this section—
(a)if he objects to being sworn, and states as the ground of his objection either that he has no religious belief or that the taking of an oath is contrary to his religious belief; or
(b)if it is not reasonably practicable to administer an oath to him in the manner appropriate to his religious belief.
(5)An oath or affirmation required to be administered under this section shall be in such form, and shall be administered at such time, by such person and in such manner, as may be prescribed by General Orders under section fifty-eight of this Act.
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