Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 38. MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS · Chapter 2. MILITARY AFFAIRS · Article 5. CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE · Part 5. CONVENING OF COURTS-MARTIAL

38-2-1022. Convening of general courts-martial.

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(a)
General courts-martial may be convened by the Governor. The Governor may delegate the authority to convene general courts-martial to the adjutant general, but such authority shall not be delegated further.#
(b)
If the Governor is the accuser, the general court-martial shall be convened by the Lieutenant Governor.#
(c)
For administrative purposes other than the actual convening of a general court-martial, the adjutant general shall be considered the general court-martial convening authority.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1022, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

Other notes

U.S. Code.: For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 822.

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