Manual for Military Commissions, 27 April 2010
The 2010 Edition of the Manual for Military Commissions (M.M.C.) is hereby published, with immediate effect, in implementation of Chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the Military Commissions Act of 2009 (Title XVIII of Public Law 111-84), 10 U.S.C. 948a, et seq. The M.M.C. consists of four parts: I, Preamble; II, Rules for Military Commissions (R.M.C.); III, Military Commissions Rules of Evidence (Mil. Comm. R. Evid.); and IV, Crimes and Elements.

Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 949a, the M.M.C. is adapted to the Manual for Courts-Martial. This manual applies the procedures and rules of evidence applicable in trials by general courts-martial of the United States except as otherwise provided by Chapter 47 or Chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code, or where required by the unique circumstances of the conduct of military and intelligence operations during hostilities or by other practical need, consistent with Chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code.