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

38-2-1023. Convening of special courts-martial.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
Special courts-martial may be convened by the Governor, the adjutant general, the assistant adjutant general for army, or the assistant adjutant general for air.#
(b)
If any individual in subsection (a) of this Code section is an accuser, the special court-martial shall be convened by superior competent authority and may in any case be convened by such superior authority if considered desirable by such 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, § 38-2-1023, 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. § 823.

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