(1) The prosecutor shall not be bound to call all the witnesses whose names are in the list given to the accused, but he shall call such of them as the accused may desire to be called in order that the accused may cross-examine them if he wishes to do so and such witnesses, he shall be called before the prosecution is finally closed.
(2) The accused shall not be required to give to the prosecutor or the court a list of witnesses whom he intends to call, but should he desire assistance in the matter of securing the attendance of witnesses, he shall inform the trial judge advocate in the prescribed form.
(3) The prosecutor is a competent witness.
(4) A member of the court, whether previously objected to or not by either side, shall not be disqualified from being examined as a witness should it be found in the course of the proceedings that he may give material evidence, but there after he shall be disqualified from acting as a member of the court, unless his evidence has been given after conviction, and has been directed to the good character of the accused.
(5) When the accused is called on for his defence, he shall, on his application, be granted a reasonable time for the preparation of the same whereupon the court shall adjourn and may adjourn again from time to time on the application of the accused, if he shall satisfy the court that the time granted to him has not been sufficient for the due preparation of his defence.