Article 7 Evidence
For the purposes of this Order a certificate issued by or on behalf of the officer commanding Her Majesty's forces in the Territory, stating that at a time specified in the certificate a person so specified either was or was not a member of Her Majesty's forces shall in any proceedings in any court of the Territory be sufficient evidence of the fact so stated unless the contrary is proved.
For the purposes of this Order a certificate issued by or on behalf of the officer commanding Her Majesty's forces in the Territory, stating as respects a person specified in the certificate,—
that he has been charged before a service court with the homicide of a deceased person or is detained in custody by an authority of the United Kingdom with a view to being so charged; or
that he has been tried, at a time and place specified in the certificate, by a service court for a crime so specified,
shall in any proceedings in any court of the Territory be conclusive evidence of the facts so stated.
Where a person is charged with an offence against the law of the Territory and at the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed he was a member of Her Majesty's forces or a member of a civilian component of any of those forces, a certificate issued by or on behalf of the officer commanding Her Majesty's forces in the Territory, stating that the alleged offence, if committed by him, arose out of and in the course of his duty as a member of Her Majesty's forces or that component, as the case may be, shall in any such proceedings as aforesaid be sufficient evidence of that fact unless the contrary is proved.