Oath and affirmation
87.—(1)  Subject to subsection (2), an oath or affirmation in the prescribed form must be administered by the convening authority, or by any person appointed by the convening authority for this purpose, to each member of the general courts martial panel before the member assumes his or her office in a general court martial.
[17/2004]
(2)  A Supreme Court Judge acting as president of a panel court martial is to take, in the presence of the Chief Justice, the oath or affirmation of allegiance in the prescribed form before he or she assumes his or her office in the panel court martial.
[17/2004; 40/2019]
(3)  In the case of a field general court martial, an oath or affirmation must be administered —
(a)by the president to every other member; and
(b)to the president by any member already sworn,
in the presence of the accused, after the court has assembled but before the accused is arraigned.
[17/2004]
(4)  An oath or affirmation in the prescribed form must be administered by the president of a subordinate military court to any judge advocate officiating in a trial before the court in the presence of the accused, after the court has assembled but before the accused is arraigned.
[17/2004]
(5)  An oath or an affirmation in the prescribed form must be administered by the president of a subordinate military court to every shorthand writer or interpreter (if any) in attendance at the trial.
(6)  Every witness before a subordinate military court must be examined on oath or affirmation, which the president of the court must administer in the prescribed form.