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title: O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1030. Charges and specification.
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# O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1030. Charges and specification.

(a) Charges and specifications shall be signed by a person subject to this article under oath before a commissioned officer authorized by Code Section 38-2-1136 to administer oaths and shall state:

(1) That the signer has personal knowledge of, or has investigated, the matters set forth therein; and

(2) That the same are true in fact to the best of the signer’s knowledge and belief.

(b) Upon the preferring of charges, the convening authority shall take immediate steps to determine what disposition should be made thereof in the interest of justice and discipline, and the person accused shall be informed of the charges as soon as practicable.

(c) The preferring of charges and findings and sentence of a general court-martial or special court-martial, or other disposition of the charges of the general court-martial or special court-martial, shall be reported to the Georgia Crime Information Center. The Governor shall prescribe by regulations issued pursuant to Part 1 of Article 2 of this chapter the means, manner, and methods of such reporting to the Georgia Crime Information Center.

## History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1030, enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 753, § 1/HB 98.

## U.s. Code.

For similar provision in Uniform Code of Military Justice, see 10 U.S.C. § 830.