General duties of the President

It shall be the duty of the president to ensure that the trial is Conducted in accordance with the Act and these Rules and in a manner befitting a court of justice and in particular– (a) to ensure that the prosecutor and the defending officer or Attorney-at-law conduct themselves in accordance with these Rules; (b) to ensure that the accused does not suffer any disadvantage in consequence of his position as such or of his ignorance or of his incapacity to examine or cross-examine witnesses or to make his own evidence clear and intelligible, or otherwise; (c) to ensure that an officer under instruction does not express an opinion to the court on any matter relating to the trial before the court has come to its finding, nor on sentence before the court has decided upon the sentence; (d) when there is no judge advocate present, to ensure that a proper record of the proceedings is made in accordance with rule 83 and that the record of the proceedings and exhibits are properly safeguarded in accordance with rule