[§124A-79]  Record of trial.  (a)  Eachcourt-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings of the trial ofeach case brought before it and the record shall be authenticated by thesignatures of the president and the law officer.  If the record cannot beauthenticated by either the president or the law officer, by reason of thepresident's or law officer's death, disability, or absence, it shall be signedby a member in lieu of the president or law officer.  If both the president andthe law officer are unavailable, the record shall be authenticated by twomembers.  A record of the proceedings of a trial in which the sentence adjudgedincludes a bad-conduct discharge or is more than that which could be adjudgedby a special court-martial shall contain a verbatim account of the proceedingsand testimony before the court.  All other records of trial shall contain suchmatter and be authenticated in such manner as the governor may by ruleprescribe.

(b)  A copy of the record of the proceedings ofeach general and special court-martial shall be given to the accused as soon asit is authenticated.  If a verbatim record of trial by general court-martial isnot required by subsection (a), but has been made, the accused may buy such arecord under such rules as the governor may adopt. [L 1982, c 171, pt of §2;gen ch 1985]