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

38-2-1024. Convening of summary courts-martial.

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

  1. (a)

    Summary courts-martial may be convened by:#

    1. (1)

      Any person authorized to convene a special court-martial under subsection (a) of Code Section 38-2-1023; or#

    2. (2)

      Any commander in the grade of O-6 or above.#

  2. (b)

    If any individual listed in subsection (a) of this Code section is an accuser, the summary 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.#

  3. (c)

    The Governor, or the adjutant general by delegation of the Governor, may, by written order, further limit who may convene actions under this Code section.#

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, § 38-2-1024, 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. § 824.

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Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 460; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.