Regulation 50

the proceedings shall be recorded in writing in accordance with the appropriate form set out in the Seventh Schedule;

when there is no shorthand writer present —

the evidence may be taken down in narrative form, as nearly as possible to the words used; or

any particular question and answer may be taken down verbatim;

when any objection, submission or application is made during a trial at which there is no shorthand writer —

a record shall be made of the proceedings relating to such objection, submission or application in such detail as the court or any officiating judge advocate thinks fit; and

if the prosecutor or the accused so requests, a note shall be made of the objection, submission or application, the grounds therefor, the advice of any officiating judge advocate thereon and the decision of the court;

when any address by the prosecutor or the accused or any summing up of any officiating judge advocate is not in writing and there is no shorthand writer present —

it shall only be necessary to record so much of such address or summing up as the court or the judge advocate thinks proper; and

if the prosecutor or the accused so requests, a note shall be made of any particular point in such address or summing up;

there shall not be recorded in the record of proceedings any matter not forming part of the trial, but if any comment or report seems to the court to be necessary, the president may forward it to the proper military authority in a separate document.

the names of the president and other members constituting the court and, where there is a judge advocate, the judge advocate;

the name and description of the accused;

the charge-sheet;

all pleas;

a brief summary of the evidence; and

the finding and sentence.