Section 400.735  Applicability of This Subpart

a)         Except as otherwise provided in this Manual, this Subpart applies generally to:

1)         all courts-martial, including summary court-martial;

2)         Code Section 39 hearings;

3)         limited fact-finding proceedings ordered on review;

4)         proceedings in revision; and

5)         contempt proceedings other than contempt proceedings in which the judge may act summarily.

b)         The application of this Subpart may be relaxed in presentencing proceedings.  They do not apply to a military judge's preliminary questions of fact governing admissibility, pretrial investigations under Code Section 32, and proceedings for vacation of suspension of a sentence under Code Section 72, search authorizations, pretrial restraint, pretrial confinement, or other pretrial motions hearing.

c)         The rules on privilege apply at all stages of a case or proceeding. (Il. Mil. R. Evid. 1101)