Section 31-2-98 Courts-martial for members of National Guard - Evidence. - Alabama Statutes

Section 31-2-98

Courts-martial for members of National Guard - Evidence.

Military courts are not bound by technical rules of evidence prevailing in civil tribunals, and may depart therefrom when, in their opinion, the exigencies of the case and the best interests of the service or the ends of justice demand it. Copies of all general and special orders may be received in evidence when attested to by the signature of any officer having custody of an official copy of such order, and in case a written copy of such order cannot be procured without delay or inconvenience, oral testimony as to its contents may be received. All military courts may take judicial notice of the signature and handwriting of any commissioned officer of the National Guard.

(Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §139; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §99.)