Cap. 220 Art. 105Rules of evidence. Cap. 9.

(1) The rules relating to evidence to be observed in proceedings before courts-martial shall, saving any provision of this Act and of any rules made thereunder, be the same as those observed in civil courts in Malta, and no person shall be required in proceedings before a court-martial to answer any question or to produce any document which he could not be required to answer or produce in similar proceedings before a civil court in Malta.

(2) For the purposes of this article an investigation carried out under this Act in respect of a charge shall be treated as an inquiry into a criminal offence held in accordance with the Criminal Code.

(3) A court-martial shall take judicial notice of all matters of notoriety, including all matters within the general service knowledge of the court, and of all other matters of which judicial notice would be taken in a civil court in Malta.