The charge shall contain the list of charges, on which it is proposed to try the accused.
(2) Subject to the provisions of the Act, a charge sheet may contain one or more charges.
(3) Every charge sheet shall begin with the name and description of the person charged and state his rank, the number and the ship to which he belongs.
(4) Each charge shall deal with a distinct offence and in no case shall an offence be described in the alternative in the same charge.
(5) If the law which creates the offence gives it any specific name, the offence may be described in the charge by that name only.
(6) If the law which creates an offence does not give it any specific name, so much of the definition of the offence must be stated so as to give the accused notice of the matter with which he is charged.
(7) The law and the section of the law against which an offence is said to have been committed shall be mentioned in the charge.
(8) the fact that the charge is made is equivalent to a statement that every legal condition required by law to constitute the offence charged with is fulfilled in the particular case.
(9) The charge shall contain such particulars as to time and place of the alleged offence and of the person, if any against whom or the thing, if any, in respect of which it was committed, as are reasonably sufficient to give the accused notice of the matter with which he is charged.
(10) When the nature of the case is such that the particulars mentioned in the foregoing sub-regulation do not give the accused sufficient notice of the matter with which he is charged, the charge shall also contain such particulars of the manner in which the alleged offence was committed as will be sufficient for that purpose, unless such particulars are stated in the circumstantial letter.
(11) When the accused is charged with criminal breach of trust or dishonest misappropriation of money or stores, it shall be sufficient to specify the gross sum or the aggregate of all items of stores in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed, and the dates between which the offence is alleged to have been committed without specifying particular items or exact dates, and the charge so framed shall be deemed to be a charge for one offence, provided that the time included between the first and last of such dates shall not exceed one year.
(12) Where an accused person is believed to have committed an offence of being absent without leave in addition to some other offences, a charge of absence without leave shall also be included in the charge sheet in order that the court may have the power to sentence the accused to mulcts of pay and allowances.
(13) Where it is intended to prove any facts in respect of which any mulcts of pay and allowances may be awarded to make good any proved loss or damage occasioned by the offence charged, the charge shall contain particulars of these facts and the sum of the loss or damage it is intended to charge.
(14) In every charge, words used in describing an offence shall be deemed to have been used in the sense attached to them respectively by the law under which such offence is punishable.
(15) A charge sheet shall be in the prescribed form or in a form as near there to as circumstances admit.
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