86.—(1) The president of a subordinate military court or, if a judge advocate is present, the judge advocate, must keep a record of the proceedings of the trial.
(2) The president of a subordinate military court may, if a judge advocate is not present, despite subsection (1) during any proceedings of the court, appoint a person to keep on his or her behalf the record of the proceedings or may direct that the record must be taken by a recording device or by some other mechanical device.
(3) The charge-sheet and the documents admitted by the court, and any other documents which the president of the subordinate military court may direct, must be attached to the record of the proceedings and form part of that record.
(4) The president of a subordinate military court and, in the case of a panel court martial or a field general court martial, every member of the court who is so required by the president must record the grounds for his or her decision in writing and the written judgment or grounds of decision forms part of the record of the proceedings.
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(5) The president of a subordinate military court or, in the case of a panel court martial or a field general court martial, any member of the court when he or she has recorded his or her judgment must not alter or revise the judgment.
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(6) A clerical error may be rectified at any time and any other mistake may be rectified before the court rises for the day.
(7) The record of the proceedings must be authenticated by the president of a subordinate military court.
(8) The record of the proceedings of a subordinate military court authenticated by the president of the court is conclusive evidence of anything contained therein unless it is proved that it has been falsified.
(9) A record of the proceedings of a subordinate military court purporting to be signed by the president of the court is presumed to be so signed.