General Courts-Martial.
Article 8
ART. 8. General Courts-Martial.—The President of the Philippines, the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army, and, when empowered by the President, the Provost Marshal General, the Commanding Officer of a Division, the District Commander, the Superintendent of the Military Academy, the Commanding Officer of a separate brigade or body of troops may appoint general courts-martial; but when any such commander is the accuser or the prosecutor of the person or persons to be tried, the court shall be appointed by superior competent authority, and no officer shall be eligible to sit as a member of such court when he is the accuser or a witness for the prosecution or for the defense. The authority appointing a general court-martial shall detail as one of the members thereof a law member, who shall be an officer of the Judge Advocate Service, except that when an officer of that service is not-available for the purpose the appointing authority, shall detail instead an officer of some other branch of the service selected by the appointing authority as specially qualified to perform the duties of law member. The law member, in addition to his duties as a member, shall perform such other duties as the President may by regulations prescribe.