Regulation 18

the charge shall be read and explained to the accused and he shall be asked to plead to the charge and his plea shall be recorded;

if there are two or more charges he shall be called upon to plead separately to each charge and each plea shall be separately recorded in respect of each charge;

the prosecuting officer shall examine the prosecution witnesses and the accused shall be permitted to cross-examine any of the prosecution witnesses;

the accused shall be permitted to give evidence on his own behalf and may call witnesses in his defence;

the accused and his witnesses may be cross-examined by the prosecuting officer;

the evidence of each witness at the inquiry need not ordinarily be recorded in the form of question and answer and may be taken down in the form of a narrative;

after the conclusion of the inquiry, the Board shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Commanding Officer. The Commanding Officer shall consider the report and mitigation (if any), and if he is satisfied that the charge against the accused has been proved, impose on the accused any of the punishments specified in section 17(1) of the Act.