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travel expenses; or
          (b)     arrange with the person to pay the person's travel expenses; or
          (c)      arrange the person's travel, and advise the person of the arrangements.

     Note: See also rule 20 (Expenses for witnesses).

          (4)      In this rule:

        summoner means the person at whose request the summons was issued.

        travel expenses means a reasonable amount to enable the person to travel between:
             (a)        the place where the person lives or works, whichever is appropriate in the circumstances; and
             (b)       the place where the person is required to appear under the summons.

   8 Instrument for purposes of section 194A of the Act

       An instrument for the purposes of section 194A of the Act may be issued by an appropriate authority, and shall:
             (a)        be directed to the person in charge of the prison where the prisoner is undergoing the sentence of imprisonment; and
             (b)       require the person to produce the prisoner at the time and place specified in the instrument; and
             (c)        specify the purpose for which the prisoner is required to be produced.

Part 2          Charge sheets and charges

   9 Charge sheets

          (1)      A charge against an accused person must be entered in a charge sheet that is signed and dated by the Director of Military Prosecutions.

          (2)      A charge sheet for the trial of an accused person by a court martial or  Defence  Force magistrate  may contain more than  1 charge if the offences charged:
             (a)        form, or are part of, a series of offences of the same or a similar character; or
             (b)       are founded on the same or closely related acts or omissions; or
             (c)        are founded on a series of acts done or omitted to be done in the prosecution of a single purpose; or
             (d)       are alternative to other charges in the charge sheet.

          (3)      At a trial before a court martial or Defence Force magistrate, 2 or more accused persons may be charged in the same charge sheet with offences alleged to have been committed by them separately if the acts or omissions on which the charges are founded are so connected that it is in the interests of justice that they be tried together.

          (4)      A charge sheet must be in accordance with Schedule 2.

          (5)      If  charges  against  an  accused  are  contained  in  more  than 1 charge sheet, the Director of Military Prosecutions may request the Registrar to:
             (a)        convene 1 court martial for the trial of the charges on all charge sheets; or
             (b)       refer all of the charges for trial before a single Defence Force magistrate; or
             (c)        do some combination of paragraphs (a) and (b).

   10 Charges

          (1)      A charge shall state 1 offence only.

          (2)      A charge