Section VIII On Trial of Offences punishable with Death,

Members to take an Oath.

Provided alwayes and bee it Enacted That in all Tryalls of Offenders by Courts Martiall to be held by vertueof this Act where the Offence may be punished by Death every Officer present at such Tryall before any Proceedingbe had thereupon shall take an Oath upon the Evangelists before the Court and the next Justice of the PeaceJudge Advocate or his Deputy or one of them are hereby respectively Authorized to Administer the same in theseWords That is to say

Form; What Number of Members to be present when Sentence of Death pronounced; Hours of Proceedings in such Case.

You shall Well and Truely Try and Determine according to your Evidence the Matter now before you betweeneour Soveraigne Lord and Lady the King and Queens Majestyes and the Prisoner to be TryedSoe helpe you God.And no Sentence of Death shall be given against any Offender in such Case by any Court Martiall unlesseNine of Thirteene Officers present shall concurr therein and if there be a greater number of Officers present thenthe Judgement shall passe by the Concurrence of the greater part of them soe Sworne which major part shallnot be lesse then Nine and not otherwise and noe Proceedings Tryall or Sentence of Death shall be had orgiven against any Offender but betweene the houres of Eight in the Morning and One in the Afternoone