(b) The General Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretaries, shall organize and direct the work of the Secretariat,
subject to the approval of the Tribunal in the event of a
disagreement by any Secretary.
(c) The Secretariat shall receive all documents addressed to the
Tribunal, maintain the records of the Tribunal, provide necessary
clerical services to the Tribunal and its Members, and perform such
other duties as may be designated by the Tribunal.
(d) Communications addressed to the Tribunal shall be delivered
to the General Secretary.
Rule 9. Record, Exhibits, and Documents.
(a) A stenographic record shall be maintained of all oral
proceedings. Exhibits will be suitably identified and marked with
consecutive numbers. All exhibits and transcripts of the proceedings
and all documents lodged with and produced to the Tribunal will be
flied with the General Secretary of the Tribunal and will constitute
part of the Record.
(b) The term "official documents" as used in Article 25
of the Charter includes the Indictment, rules, written motions,
orders that are reduced to writing, findings, and judgments of the
Tribunal. These shall be in the English, French, Russian, and German
languages. Documentary evidence or exhibits may be received in the
language of the document, but a translation thereof into German shall
be made available to the defendants.
(c) All exhibits and transcripts of proceedings, all documents
lodged with and produced to the Tribunal and all official acts and
documents of the Tribunal may be certified by the General Secretary
of the Tribunal to any Government or to any other tribunal or
wherever it is appropriate that copies of such documents or
representations as to such acts should be supplied upon a proper
request.
Rule 10. Withdrawal of Exhibits and Documents.
In cases where original documents are submitted by the
Prosecution or the Defense as evidence, and upon a showing (a) that
because of historical interest or for any other reason one of the
Governments signatory to the Four Power Agreement of 8 August 1945,
or any other Government having received the consent of said four
signatory Powers, desires to withdraw from the records of the
Tribunal and preserve any particular original documents and (b) that
no substantial injustice will result, the Tribunal shall permit
photostatic copies of said original documents, certified by the
General Secretary of the Tribunal, to be substituted for the
originals in the records of the Court and shall deliver said original
documents to the applicants.