S.L. 220.4 Art. 12Charge sheets.

(1) A charge sheet shall contain the whole of the issue or issues to be tried at one time and may contain more than one charge if the charges are founded on the same facts or form or are part of a series of offences of the same or similar character: Provided that charges under article 50(1)(a), article 51(1)(a), article 59(a) and (c) (where the charge is connected with a charge under either of the before-mentioned paragraphs) or article 63 of the Act may be included in any charge-sheet, notwithstanding that other charges in that charge-sheet are not founded on the same facts and do not form or are not part of a series of offences of the same or similar character.

(2) Every charge-sheet shall in its layout follow the appropriate illustration given in the Second Schedule.

(3) The commencement of each charge-sheet shall be in the appropriate form set out in the Second Schedule and shall state the number, rank, name and unit of the accused and show by the description of the accused or directly by an express averment that he is subject to military law or otherwise liable to trial by court-martial.