Article 117

The record of a trial shall be signed by the Court and shall contain:

a copy of the complaint;

the date of the warrant of arrest, if any, or on which the accused was first arrested;

the date on which the accused was first brought before a Court in answer to the charge;

the charge filed by the prosecutor and any alterations, additions or substitutions therein;

the plea of the accused;

a summary of any address or submission made on behalf of the prosecutor or the accused;

a full record of the evidence of all the witnesses, including cross-examination and re-examination, prepared in accordance with Article 129;

a contemporaneous note of any objection made by the prosecutor or the accused and the ruling given thereon;

a note of the exhibits admitted as evidence and the number attached thereto including whether the exhibit has been put in by the prosecutor or the accused;

a full and contemporaneous note of any submission on points of law and the decision thereon;

a note of all adjournments granted and the date to which the trial is adjourned together with a note of the reasons for granting such adjournment;

a copy of any decision rendered in accordance with Article 150;

a note that the prosecutor and the accused have been informed of their respective rights of appeal; and

any other matter that the Court, either as required by this Code or as necessary in its opinion, keeps a record of.

The record of the trial at each hearing shall start with:

the name of the accused and number of the case;

the date and time;

the names of the prosecutor and defense counsel; and

the names of the judges.

The record of the trial at each hearing shall close with a note of the time of disclosure and the date and time to which the hearing is adjourned.