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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13A-1102" title_number="13A" title_name="Maryland Code of Military Justice" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The following persons may administer oaths for the purposes of military administration, including military justice:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a judge advocate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a summary court–martial;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an adjutant, assistant adjutant, acting adjutant, and personnel adjutant; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>all other persons designated by regulations for the Maryland Military Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The following persons may administer oaths necessary in the performance of their duties:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the president, military judge, and trial counsel for all general and special courts–martial;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the president and the counsel for the government of any court of inquiry;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an officer designated to take a deposition;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a person detailed to conduct an investigation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a recruiting officer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>all other persons designated by regulations of the armed forces or by statute.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The signature without seal of any such person, together with the title of the person’s office, is prima facie evidence of the person’s authority.</text>
  </level>
</section>
