10 U.S.C. § 854 — Art. 54. Record of trial

(a) General and special courts-martial. Each must keep a separate record for each case. A court reporter must certify it, unless the reporter is dead, disabled, or absent; then an official selected under the President's regulations must certify it. (b) Summary courts-martial. Each must keep a separate record for each case, certified in the manner required by the President's regulations. (c) Contents. (1) Except as paragraph (2) requires, the record must contain what the President prescribes by regulation. (2) Under the President's regulations, a complete record of the proceedings and testimony must be prepared when the sentence is death, dismissal, discharge, confinement for more than six months, or forfeiture of pay for more than six months. (d) Copy to accused. A copy of every general or special court-martial record must be given to the accused as soon as it is certified. (e) Copy to victim. In a general or special court-martial, a victim who asks for it must receive, without charge and as soon as certified, every prepared record if the victim testified. The victim must be told about this opportunity.