O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 38-2-1022 (2019)

Convening of general courts-martial

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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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.

History

Code 1981, § 38-2-1022, 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. § 822.

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. - 53A Am. Jur. 2d, Military and Civil Defense, § 176.

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