[F164A Rules of evidenceF2U.K.
(1)The rules as to the admissibility of evidence to be observed in proceedings before courts-martial shall, subject to Schedule 13 to the M1Criminal Justice Act 1988 (evidence before courts-martial etc) and to service modifications, be the same as those observed in trials on indictment in England, and no person shall be required in proceedings before a court-martial to answer any question or to produce any document which he could not be required to answer or produce in similar proceedings in a trial on indictment in England.
(2)In this section “service modifications” means such modifications as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument prescribe, being modifications which appear to him to be necessary or proper for the purposes of proceedings before a court-martial; and it is hereby declared that in this section—
“rules” includes rules contained in or made by virtue of an enactment; and
“enactment” includes an enactment contained in an Act passed after this Act.
(3)Regulations under subsection (2) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(4)A court-martial shall take judicial notice of all matters of notoriety, including all matters within the general service knowledge of the court, and of all other matters of which judicial notice would be taken in a trial on indictment in England.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 64A-64D inserted (1.4.1997 with savings) by 1996 c. 46, s. 5, Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 63; S.I. 1996/304, art. 2 (with art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 64A(1)(4) applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2000/2370, rule 27(a)
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F2Act repealed (prosp.) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 17 and the repeal being partly in force, as to which see individual provisions