Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-406 (2026)

1. General, special, and summary courts-martial may be convened by the Governor or the commanding general of the organized militia.
2. Special courts-martial may be convened by the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where troops are on duty, or of a brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, separate squadron, or other detached command.
3. 1. Summary courts-martial consisting of one (1) commissioned officer may be convened by the commanding officer of a garrison, fort, post, camp, air base, auxiliary air base, or other place where the troops are on duty, or of a brigade, regiment, wing, group, detached battalion, squadron, company, or other detachment.
   2. The proceedings shall be informal.

History. Acts 1969, No. 50, §§ 68-70; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 11-623 – 11-625; Acts 2015, No. 1003, § 14; 2017, No. 250, § 29.

Amendments. The 2015 amendment, in (a), inserted “special, and summary” and added “or the commanding general of the organized militia”; in (b), added “Special courts-martial may be convened by the” and deleted “may convene special courts-martial” following “command”; deleted (b)(2); added “Summary courts-martial may be convened by” in (c)(1); deleted former (c)(2) and redesignated “The proceedings shall be informal” as present (c)(2); and deleted (c)(3).

The 2017 amendment, in (c)(1), inserted “consisting of one (1) commissioned officer”, substituted “troops are on” for “troops on”, and deleted “may convene a summary court-marital consisting of one (1) commissioned officer” at the end.