Cap. 220 ст. 165Certificates of arrest or surrender of deserters and absentees.

(1) Where the Court of Magistrates in pursuance of article 163 deals with a person as illegally absent, then when that person is delivered into military custody there shall be handed over with him a certificate signed by the presiding magistrate containing the particulars as to his arrest or surrender and the proceedings before the court.

(2) Where under the last foregoing article a person is delivered into military custody without being brought before a court, there shall be handed over with him a certificate signed by the Police officer who causes him to be delivered into military custody containing the particulars relating to his surrender.

(3) In any proceedings for an offence under article 50 or 51 -

(a) a document purporting to be a certificate under either of the two last foregoing sub-articles and to be signed thereby as required, shall be evidence of the matters stated in the document;

(b) where the proceedings are against a person who has been taken into military custody on arrest or surrender, a certificate purporting to be signed by a provost officer or by any officer in charge of a guardroom or other place where that person was confined on being taken into custody, stating the fact, date, time and place of arrest or surrender shall be evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

Offences relating to military matters punishable by civil courts