Ordinance No. 7 is amended by adding thereto a new article following
Article V to be designated Article V-B, reading as follows:
“(_a_) A joint session of the Military Tribunals may be called by any of
the presiding judges thereof or upon motion, addressed to each of the
Tribunals, of the Chief of Counsel for War Crimes or of counsel for any
defendant whose interests are affected, to hear argument upon and to
review any interlocutory ruling by any of the Military Tribunals on a
fundamental or important legal question either substantive or
procedural, which ruling is in conflict with or is inconsistent with a
prior ruling of another of the Military Tribunals.
“(_b_) A joint session of the Military Tribunals may be called in the
same manner as provided in subsection (_a_) of this Article to hear
argument upon and to review conflicting or inconsistent final rulings
contained in the decisions or judgments of any of the Military Tribunals
on a fundamental or important legal question, either substantive or
procedural. Any motion with respect to such final ruling shall be filed
within ten (10) days following the issuance of decision or judgment.
“(_c_) Decisions by joint sessions of the Military Tribunals, unless
thereafter altered in another joint session, shall be binding upon all
the Military Tribunals. In the case of the review of final rulings by
joint sessions, the judgments reviewed may be confirmed or remanded for
action consistent with the joint decision.
“(_d_) The presence of a majority of the members of each Military
Tribunal then constituted is required to constitute a quorum.
“(_e_) The members of the Military Tribunals shall, before any joint
session begins, agree among themselves upon the selection from their
number of a member to preside over the joint session.
“(_f_) Decisions shall be by majority vote of the members. If the votes
of the members are equally divided, the vote of the member presiding
over the session shall be decisive.”