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 604 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 204. 1862. ad?:;;*t:° j“‘l8° administer the following oath or alllrmation to the judge advocate or pep ' son odiciating as such: " I, A B, do swear (or adirm) that I will keep a true record of the evidence given to and the proceedings of this court; nor will I divulge or by any means disclose the sentence of the court until it shall have been approved by the proper authority; nor will I at any time divulge or disclose the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court, unless required so to do before a court of justice in due course of 1aw.” b°g¤*l1*° m¤¤'¤· This oath or allirmation being duly administered, each member of the ' court, before proceeding to trial, shall take the following oath or affirmation, which the judge advocate, or person officiating as such, is hereby authorized to administer: " I, A B, do swear (or aiiirm) that I will truly try, without prejudice or pnrtiality, the case now depending, according to the evidence which shall come before the court, the rules for the government of the navy, and my own conscience; and that I will not by any means divulge or disclose the sentence of the court until it shall have been approved by the proper authority, nor will I at any time divulge or disclose the vote or opinion of any particular- member of the court unless required so to do before a court 0f justice in due course of1aw." we-,g:°?Eg:R’ ARTICLE 13. All testimony given to a general court-martial shall be Pon oath or afiirmation, which the president of the court is hereby authorized to administer; and if any person shall refuse to give his evidence Commpt. as aforesaid, or shall prcvaricate, or shall behave with contempt to the court, it shall and may be lawful for the court to imprison such offender at their discretion : Provided, That the imprisonment in no case shall exceed Pcijury umd_ two months. And every person who shall commit wilful perjury on ex- ‘“bP""“‘°“ °* amination on oath or alhrmation before such court, or who shall corruptly P°r‘lm`y` procure, or suborn, any person to commit such wilful perjury, shall and may be prosecuted by indictment or information in any court of justice of the United States, and shall suffer such penalties as are authorized by the laws of the United States in cases of perjury, or the subornation thereon Indlctments for And in every prosecution for perjury, or the subornation thereof under }:;‘Q:‘3_'hz_’°* this act, it shall be sufficient to set forth the offence charged on the defendant, without setting forth the authority by which the court was held, or the particular matters brought or intended to be brought before said court. Oathto wit- Anmxonm 14. The following oath shall be administered to witnesses “°“’°“· before courts-martial and courts of inquiry: “ You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that the evidence you shall give in the case now before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and that you will state every- thing within your knowledge and recollection in relation to the charges. S0 help you God," (or this you do under the pains and penalties of perjury.) w({)‘LPgL Anrxoma 15. The person accused shall be furnished with a true copy accused. of the charges, with the specifications, at the time he is put under arrest; Other charges nor shall any other charges than those so exhibited be urged against the ¤°* *9 b° “'i§°d person to be tried before the court, unless it appear to the court that intelum"' &°` ligence of such charge had not reached the officer ordering the court when the person so tried was put under arrest, or that some witness material to the support of such charge, who was at that time absent, can be produced, in which case reasonable time shall be given to the persou to be tried to Ollicers under make his defence against such new charge. Every 0{licer so arrested is
 * ";j:(’d‘lg;2’°' to deliver up his sword to his commanding olicer, and to confine himself

p ’to the limits assigned him, under the pain of dismission from the ser- Proceedings of vice, be Amie LE 16. When the proceedings of any general court-martial shall smpendsd, &c, have commenced, they shall not be suspended or delayed on account of the