(1) If the Court Martial believes that the summoning of a particular witness may cause delays, does not seen cost effective, or causes difficulties unnecessarily, it may issue an order to
the Prad Viwak allowing him/her to ask sealed questions (Banda Sawal).
(2) After receiving an order as referred to in Sub-section (1) the Prad Viwak may request to the Chief District Officer to serve the sealed questions to the witness within his/her jurisdiction, and upon receiving such
request, the Chief District Officer shall cause to serve the sealed questions in accordance with the prevailing law.
(3) The Court Martial shall include questions which an accused or his/her legal counsel intends to raise and which are relevant to the case in the sealed questionnaire.
(4) The legal counsel or attorney (Wares) and the accused him/herself, if he/she is not into the custody may cross-examine a witness being present before the Chief District Officer.
(5) After completion of recording of the statement in accordance with sealed questionnaire, the sealed questionnaire shall be forwarded to the Prad Viwak.
(6) The Prad Viwak shall submit the sealed questionnaire received as referred to in Sub-section (5) to the concerned Court Martial. In a case of the dissolution of the Court Martial, it shall be forwarded to the other court
which is hearing such case. The Court Martial or other court shall include the sealed questionnaire so received into the file, and the accused or legal practitioner shall be allowed to see the questionnaire.
(7) The Court Martial may postpone the trial of the case until the period needed for dispatching the sealed questionnaire and obtaining the response.