200 Evidence of proceedings of court-martial.F1U.K.
(1)The original proceedings of a court-martial purporting to be signed by the president of the court andbeing in the custody of the Judge Advocate General or of any person having the lawful custody thereof shallbe admissible in evidence on production from that custody.
(2)A document purporting to be a copy of the original proceedings of a court-martial or any part thereofand to be certified by the Judge Advocate General or any person authorised by him, or by any other personhaving the lawful custody of the proceedings, to be a true copy shall be evidence of the contents of theproceedings or the part to which the document relates, as the case may be.
(3)This section applies to evidence given in any court, whether civil or criminal and whether in the UnitedKingdom or in any colony.
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act: the provisions of the 1955 Acts providing for findings of courts-martial to be subject to confirmation and to revision at the direction of the confirming officer cease to have effect (1.4.1997 subject to art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of 1996 c. 46, s. 15; S.I. 1997/304, arts. 2, 3, Sch. 2