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(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary and except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section a Special Military Tribunal shall try the offences specified in section 1 of this Law or any offence under any enactment which may be referred to it by the Council.

(2) The offences specified in subsection (3) (a) (iv) and (g) of subsection 1 of this Law shall be tried by a Special Military Tribunal comprising a panel of three members.

(3) The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ghana or such other authority as may be authorised by him may convene a Special Military Tribunal under this section, comprising seven, five or three members.

(4) A Special Military Tribunal convened under this section shall-

(a) in the case of a panel of seven members, consist of not more than four officers or more than five other ranks;

(b) in the case of a panel of five members, consist of not more than three officers or not more than three other ranks;

(c) in the case of a panel of three members, consist of the Unit Commander, one officer and one other rank.

(5) A Special Military Tribunal shall from its members appoint its own Chairman.[As substituted by Special Military Tribunal (Amendment) (No. 2) Law 1984 (PNDCL 100) s.1(c)]