ANNEX

Sect i on 1. Par t I I of t he Manual f or Cour t s- Mar t i al ,

Uni t ed St at es, i s amended as f ol l ows:
ALL CONTENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ANNEX, EXCEPT CONTENT
RELATED TO R.C.M. 405(i), IS OMITTED.
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ALL CONTENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ANNEX, EXCEPT CONTENT
RELATED TO R.C.M. 405(i), IS OMITTED.
( f ) R. C. M. 405( i ) i s amended t o r ead as f ol l ows:
( i ) Military Rules of Evidence. The Mi l i t ar y Rul es of
Evi dence do not appl y i n pr et r i al i nvest i gat i ons under t hi s r ul e
except as f ol l ows:
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( 1) Mi l i t ar y Rul es of Evi dence 301, 302, 303, 305,
and Sect i on V shal l appl y i n t hei r ent i r et y.
( 2) Mi l i t ar y Rul e of Evi dence 412 shal l appl y i n any
case def i ned as a sexual of f ense i n Mi l . R. Evi d. 412( d) .
( 3) I n appl yi ng t hese r ul es t o a pr et r i al
i nvest i gat i on, t he t er mmi l i t ar y j udge, as used i n t hese
r ul es, shal l mean t he i nvest i gat i ng of f i cer , who shal l assume
t he mi l i t ar y j udge s power s t o excl ude evi dence f r omt he
pr et r i al i nvest i gat i on, and who shal l , i n di schar gi ng t hi s dut y,
f ol l ow t he pr ocedur es set f or t h i n t he r ul es ci t ed i n par agr aphs
( 1) and ( 2) .
ALL CONTENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ANNEX, EXCEPT CONTENT
RELATED TO R.C.M. 405(i), IS OMITTED.
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ALL CONTENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ANNEX, EXCEPT CONTENT
RELATED TO R.C.M. 405(i), IS OMITTED.
Sec. 2. The Di scussi on t o Par t I I of t he Manual f or
Cour t s- Mar t i al , Uni t ed St at es, i s amended as f ol l ows:
ALL CONTENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ANNEX, EXCEPT CONTENT
RELATED TO R.C.M. 405(i), IS OMITTED.
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ALL CONTENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ANNEX, EXCEPT CONTENT
RELATED TO R.C.M. 405(i), IS OMITTED.
( g) The Di scussi on i mmedi at el y f ol l owi ng R. C. M. 405( i ) i s
amended t o r ead as f ol l ows:
Wi t h r egar d t o al l evi dence, t he i nvest i gat i ng of f i cer shoul d
exer ci se r easonabl e cont r ol over t he scope of t he i nqui r y. See
subsect i on ( e) of t hi s r ul e. An i nvest i gat i ng of f i cer may
consi der any evi dence, even i f t hat evi dence woul d not be
admi ssi bl e at t r i al . However , see subsect i on ( g) ( 4) of t hi s r ul e
as t o l i mi t at i ons on t he ways i n whi ch t est i mony may be
pr esent ed. Cer t ai n r ul es r el at i ng t o t he f or mof t est i mony t hat
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may be consi der ed by t he i nvest i gat i ng of f i cer appear i n
subsect i on ( g) of t hi s r ul e.
Mi l . R. Evi d. 412 evi dence, i ncl udi ng cl osed hear i ng
t est i mony, must be pr ot ect ed pur suant t o t he Pr i vacy Act of
1974, 5 U. S. C. 552a. Evi dence deemed admi ssi bl e by t he
i nvest i gat i ng of f i cer shoul d be made a par t of t he r epor t of
i nvest i gat i on. See subsect i on ( j ) ( 2) ( C) , infra. Evi dence deemed
i nadmi ssi bl e, and t he t est i mony t aken dur i ng t he cl osed hear i ng,
shoul d not be i ncl uded i n t he r epor t of i nvest i gat i on and shoul d
be saf eguar ded. The i nvest i gat i ng of f i cer and counsel
r epr esent i ng t he Uni t ed St at es ar e r esponsi bl e f or car ef ul
handl i ng of any such evi dence t o pr event i ndi scr i mi nat e vi ewi ng
or di scl osur e. Al t hough R. C. M. 1103A does not appl y, i t s
r equi r ement s shoul d be used as a model f or saf eguar di ng
i nadmi ssi bl e evi dence and cl osed hear i ng t est i mony. The
conveni ng aut hor i t y and t he appr opr i at e j udge advocat e ar e
per mi t t ed t o r evi ew such saf eguar ded evi dence and t est i mony. See
R. C. M. 601( d) ( 1) .
ALL CONTENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ANNEX, EXCEPT CONTENT
RELATED TO R.C.M. 405(i), IS OMITTED.
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